Black diamond White Pass, WA
Chair Run drops 375 vertical feet over 1,346 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 700 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 66 named runs at White Pass. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 17°, Chair Run gets about 48% of the winter sun that flat ground at White Pass does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at White Pass. Its top sits at 5,720 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.