Black diamond Mad River Glen, VT
Creamery drops 222 vertical feet over 526 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 78% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 25°, Creamery gets about 38% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 3,030 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.