Black diamond Burke Mountain, VT
Upper Power Line drops 484 vertical feet over 1,927 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 1,080 feet below the top. That's steeper than 18% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 56 named runs at Burke Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, Upper Power Line gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Burke Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th shadiest named run at Burke Mountain. Its top sits at 3,170 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.