Black diamond Mad River Glen, VT
Gazelle drops 534 vertical feet over 1,278 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 25°, Gazelle gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th shadiest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 3,050 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.