Black diamond Berkshire East, MA
U Mass drops 501 vertical feet over 1,634 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 40 named runs at Berkshire East. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 18°, U Mass gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Berkshire East does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Berkshire East. Its top sits at 1,400 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.