Black diamond Pico Mountain, VT
Mid Pike Glades drops 373 vertical feet over 1,713 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 8% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 58 named runs at Pico Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, Mid Pike 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 14th shadiest named run at Pico Mountain. Its top sits at 3,200 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.