Blue Pico Mountain, VT
Fool's Gold drops 451 vertical feet over 2,739 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 1,480 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 58 named runs at Pico Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 10°, Fool's Gold gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pico Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st shadiest named run at Pico Mountain. Its top sits at 2,850 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.