Double black Pico Mountain, VT
A Slope drops 632 vertical feet over 2,279 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 58 named runs at Pico Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 16°, A Slope gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pico Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th shadiest named run at Pico Mountain. Its top sits at 2,630 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.