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West Rough Cut

Blue Willamette, OR

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical303 ft
Length1,133 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesSW
Top5,554 ft

West Rough Cut drops 303 vertical feet over 1,133 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 30 named runs at Willamette. It faces southwest.

How well West Rough Cut holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 16°, West Rough Cut gets about 118% 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 14th sunniest named run at Willamette. Its top sits at 5,550 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.

West Rough Cut profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like West 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.