Black diamond Mad River Glen, VT
Upper Waterfall drops 98 vertical feet over 295 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 20°, Upper Waterfall gets about 44% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 1,880 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.