Black diamond Mad River Glen, VT
Lower Glade drops 312 vertical feet over 1,001 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 230 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Lower Glade gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 2,300 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.