Black diamond Smugglers Notch, VT
Black Bear drops 414 vertical feet over 1,346 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 500 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 18°, Black Bear gets about 54% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,440 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.