Black diamond Mad River Glen, VT
Beaver drops 589 vertical feet over 1,992 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 52% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 18°, Beaver gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 2,750 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.