Black diamond Pico Mountain, VT
Upper Pike drops 760 vertical feet over 2,233 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 58 named runs at Pico Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 20°, Upper Pike gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pico Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Pico Mountain. Its top sits at 3,930 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.