Double black (off-piste) Smugglers Notch, VT
The Black Hole drops 808 vertical feet over 1,771 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 44° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 87% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 28°, The Black Hole gets about 36% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 3,260 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.