Black diamond Labrador Mountain, NY
Ptarmigan drops 665 vertical feet over 2,970 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 1,440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 19% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 22 named runs at Labrador Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 13°, Ptarmigan gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Labrador Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Labrador Mountain. Its top sits at 1,860 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.