Blue White Pine, WY
Lower Pipestone drops 154 vertical feet over 765 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 22 named runs at White Pine. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Lower Pipestone gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at White Pine does, December through March. That's shadier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at White Pine. Its top sits at 8,700 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.