Black diamond Pico Mountain, VT
Upper Sunset 71 drops 538 vertical feet over 1,560 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 58 named runs at Pico Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 20°, Upper Sunset 71 gets about 46% 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 shadiest named run at Pico Mountain. Its top sits at 3,820 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.