Double black Blue Mountain, ON
Starting Gate drops 520 vertical feet over 1,781 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 420 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 55 named runs at Blue Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Starting Gate gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Blue Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Blue Mountain. Its top sits at 1,330 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.