Blue Smugglers Notch, VT
Knight's Revenge drops 423 vertical feet over 1,742 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 65% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 48th steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 14°, Knight's Revenge gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 62nd shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,080 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.