Black diamond Smugglers Notch, VT
Chute drops 77 vertical feet over 285 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 16°, Chute gets about 38% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,850 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.