Black diamond Smugglers Notch, VT
Shuttle drops 468 vertical feet over 2,291 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 12°, Shuttle gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 51st shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 3,020 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.