Blue Mad River Glen, VT
Lower Gazelle drops 397 vertical feet over 1,458 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 16°, Lower Gazelle gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th sunniest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 2,520 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.