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Rough Cut

Blue Willamette, OR

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical788 ft
Length3,352 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSW
Top5,927 ft

Rough Cut drops 788 vertical feet over 3,352 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 2,130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 30 named runs at Willamette. It faces southwest.

How well Rough Cut holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 14°, Rough Cut gets about 115% of the winter sun that flat ground at Willamette does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at Willamette. Its top sits at 5,930 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.

Rough Cut profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Rough Cut 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.