Black diamond Smugglers Notch, VT
Gary B's Northwest Passage drops 299 vertical feet over 1,237 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 900 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 14°, Gary B's Northwest Passage gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 67th shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,450 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.