Black diamond Mount Snow, VT
Challenger drops 591 vertical feet over 2,052 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 18% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 86 named runs at Mount Snow. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 17°, Challenger gets about 56% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Snow does, December through March. That's shadier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th shadiest named run at Mount Snow. 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.