Black diamond Mad River Glen, VT
Grand Canyon drops 453 vertical feet over 1,695 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 16°, Grand Canyon gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th sunniest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 2,440 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.