Blue Smugglers Notch, VT
Lower Liftline drops 333 vertical feet over 1,333 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 54% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 53rd steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 15°, Lower Liftline gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 48th shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 1,990 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.