Black diamond Pico Mountain, VT
Sidewinder drops 497 vertical feet over 1,738 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 58 named runs at Pico Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 17°, Sidewinder gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pico Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th 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.