Blue Pico Mountain, VT
Gold Rush drops 558 vertical feet over 3,306 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 970 feet below the top. That's steeper than 19% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 43rd steepest of 58 named runs at Pico Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 10°, Gold Rush 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 32nd shadiest named run at Pico Mountain. Its top sits at 2,830 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.