Black diamond Smugglers Notch, VT
Upper Exhibition drops 860 vertical feet over 3,258 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 1,670 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 16°, Upper Exhibition 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 26th shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,740 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.