Black diamond Smugglers Notch, VT
Pirate's Plank drops 313 vertical feet over 790 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 87% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, Pirate's Plank gets about 47% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,360 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.