Blue Mad River Glen, VT
Lower Beaver drops 240 vertical feet over 1,115 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,040 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 13°, Lower Beaver gets about 60% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's shadier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 2,160 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.