Blue Killington, VT
Great Bear - Upper drops 293 vertical feet over 885 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 68th steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 19°, Great Bear - Upper gets about 57% of the winter sun that flat ground at Killington does, December through March. That's shadier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 3,260 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.