Black diamond Burke Mountain, VT
Doug's Drop drops 488 vertical feet over 1,362 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 830 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 56 named runs at Burke Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 21°, Doug's Drop gets about 42% of the winter sun that flat ground at Burke Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Burke Mountain. Its top sits at 2,920 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.