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The Plunge at Crystal Mountain

Advanced · 193 m long with 129 m of vertical, averaging 34° and 36° at its steepest, facing SE.

36°steepest 50 m
34°average pitch
193 mlength
129 mvertical
1917 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

The Plunge is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

How to get to The Plunge

Lifts that reach the top: Rainier Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mt. Rainier Gondola (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 16 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Mt. Rainier Gondola
  2. Ski Front Traverse (intermediate)
  3. Ski Upper Ferk's Run (intermediate)
  4. Ski The Plunge (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Middle Ferk's Run.

See The Plunge on the 3D mapAll runs at Crystal Mountain
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.