Black diamond Mad River Glen, VT
Lower Antelope drops 1,305 vertical feet over 6,365 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 2,430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 54% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Lower Antelope gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th shadiest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 2,990 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.