Black diamond Burke Mountain, VT
Lew's Leap drops 302 vertical feet over 1,174 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 500 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 56 named runs at Burke Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 15°, Lew's Leap gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Burke Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th shadiest named run at Burke Mountain. Its top sits at 2,310 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.