Double black Pico Mountain, VT
Upper Giant Killer drops 747 vertical feet over 2,225 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 910 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 58 named runs at Pico Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 20°, Upper Giant Killer gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pico Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Pico Mountain. Its top sits at 3,950 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.