Black diamond Mad River Glen, VT
Lift Line drops 832 vertical feet over 2,358 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 1,300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 21°, Lift Line gets about 41% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 2,930 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.