Blue Pico Mountain, VT
Birch Glades drops 627 vertical feet over 2,920 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 58 named runs at Pico Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, Birch Glades gets about 64% 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 15th shadiest named run at Pico Mountain. Its top sits at 3,290 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.