Blue Smugglers Notch, VT
Highlander Glades drops 234 vertical feet over 782 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 18°, Highlander Glades gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,730 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.