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Kris Kross

Blue Willamette, OR

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical252 ft
Length1,924 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesSE
Top6,645 ft

Kris Kross drops 252 vertical feet over 1,924 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 1,490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 9% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 30 named runs at Willamette. It faces southeast.

How well Kris Kross holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 8°, Kris Kross gets about 119% of the winter sun that flat ground at Willamette does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Willamette. Its top sits at 6,650 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.

Kris Kross profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Kris Kross 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.