Double black Burke Mountain, VT
Birches drops 521 vertical feet over 1,510 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 56 named runs at Burke Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 20°, Birches gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Burke Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Burke Mountain. Its top sits at 2,580 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.