Blue Okemo, VT
Heaven's Gate drops 606 vertical feet over 2,546 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,760 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 43rd steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 14°, Heaven's Gate gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 104th sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 2,740 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.