Black diamond Smugglers Notch, VT
Shakedown drops 777 vertical feet over 2,519 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 1,190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 19°, Shakedown gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,950 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.