Double black White Pass, WA
West Ridge 3 drops 391 vertical feet over 2,252 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 1,050 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 66 named runs at White Pass. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 11°, West Ridge 3 gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at White Pass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at White Pass. Its top sits at 6,000 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.