Blue Killington, VT
Home Stretch - Upper drops 968 vertical feet over 6,924 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 1,680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 90th steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 8°, Home Stretch - Upper gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Killington does, December through March. That's sunnier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 77th sunniest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 2,830 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.