Black diamond Pico Mountain, VT
Sunset Woods drops 316 vertical feet over 1,327 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 58 named runs at Pico Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 14°, Sunset Woods gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pico Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th shadiest named run at Pico Mountain. Its top sits at 2,840 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.