Black diamond Pico Mountain, VT
Pipeline drops 489 vertical feet over 1,480 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 320 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 58 named runs at Pico Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Pipeline gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pico Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Pico Mountain. Its top sits at 2,800 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.