Black diamond Stevens Pass, WA
Rock Garden drops 870 vertical feet over 2,217 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 1,220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 70 named runs at Stevens Pass. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, Rock Garden gets about 58% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stevens Pass does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Stevens Pass. Its top sits at 5,660 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.