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By George

Blue Willamette, OR

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical732 ft
Length3,112 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSW
Top5,875 ft

By George drops 732 vertical feet over 3,112 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 2,030 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 30 named runs at Willamette. It faces southwest.

How well By George holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 14°, By George gets about 121% of the winter sun that flat ground at Willamette does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Willamette. Its top sits at 5,870 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

By George profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like By George elsewhere

Nearby at Willamette

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.