Blue Burke Mountain, VT
Lower Doug's Drop drops 596 vertical feet over 2,034 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 56 named runs at Burke Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 17°, Lower Doug's Drop gets about 53% of the winter sun that flat ground at Burke Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th shadiest named run at Burke Mountain. Its top sits at 2,430 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.