Black diamond Smugglers Notch, VT
Powder Keg drops 359 vertical feet over 1,080 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 20°, Powder Keg gets about 58% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,420 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.