Blue Pico Mountain, VT
Lower Pike drops 356 vertical feet over 1,941 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 1,420 feet below the top. That's steeper than 25% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 58 named runs at Pico Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 11°, Lower Pike gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pico Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd shadiest named run at Pico Mountain. Its top sits at 2,370 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.