Blue Smugglers Notch, VT
Lower F.I.S. drops 526 vertical feet over 2,136 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°, Lower F.I.S. gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 40th shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,190 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.