Blue Pico Mountain, VT
Middle K.A. drops 400 vertical feet over 1,935 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 270 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 58 named runs at Pico Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Middle K.A. gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pico Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd 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.