Double black Stevens Pass, WA
Solitude drops 361 vertical feet over 1,089 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 50° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 98% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 70 named runs at Stevens Pass. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 20°, Solitude gets about 53% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stevens Pass does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Stevens Pass. Its top sits at 5,590 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.