Black diamond Warner Canyon, OR
Cougar drops 644 vertical feet over 2,686 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 21 named runs at Warner Canyon. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 14°, Cougar gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Warner Canyon does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Warner Canyon. Its top sits at 6,370 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.