Black diamond Mad River Glen, VT
Paradise drops 784 vertical feet over 1,929 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 1,170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 25°, Paradise gets about 48% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 3,560 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.