Blue Smugglers Notch, VT
Black Snake drops 791 vertical feet over 3,782 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Black Snake gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,790 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.