Green Greek Peak, NY
Lower Castor drops 122 vertical feet over 1,103 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 8° about 790 feet below the top. That's steeper than 12% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 53rd steepest of 56 named runs at Greek Peak. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 6°, Lower Castor gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Greek Peak does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th sunniest named run at Greek Peak. Its top sits at 1,580 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.