Blue Killington, VT
Sassafras drops 222 vertical feet over 3,325 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 3,170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 144th steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 4°, Sassafras gets about 101% of the winter sun that flat ground at Killington does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 52nd sunniest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 3,320 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.