Double black Stevens Pass, WA
Wild Katz drops 1,276 vertical feet over 2,775 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 47° about 810 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 70 named runs at Stevens Pass. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 28°, Wild Katz gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stevens Pass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th sunniest named run at Stevens Pass. Its top sits at 5,560 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.