Black diamond White Pass, WA
Waterfall drops 287 vertical feet over 814 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 66 named runs at White Pass. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 21°, Waterfall gets about 46% of the winter sun that flat ground at White Pass does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at White Pass. Its top sits at 4,960 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.