Blue Smugglers Notch, VT
Jolly Rodger drops 198 vertical feet over 757 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 16°, Jolly Rodger gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,320 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.