Blue Smugglers Notch, VT
The Zone drops 304 vertical feet over 1,395 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 57th steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, The Zone gets about 60% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 1,950 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.