Double black Blue Mountain, ON
Elevator Shaft drops 547 vertical feet over 2,057 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 55 named runs at Blue Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 16°, Elevator Shaft gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Blue Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Blue Mountain. Its top sits at 1,360 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 lidar from Natural Resources Canada. 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.