Black diamond Pico Mountain, VT
Upper Pike Glades drops 527 vertical feet over 1,475 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 1,000 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 58 named runs at Pico Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 21°, Upper Pike Glades gets about 47% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pico Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Pico Mountain. Its top sits at 3,730 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.