Black diamond Willamette, OR
Northern Exposure drops 836 vertical feet over 3,327 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 30 named runs at Willamette. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, Northern Exposure gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Willamette does, December through March. That's shadier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Willamette. Its top sits at 6,670 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.