Black diamond Smugglers Notch, VT
Upper F.I.S. drops 1,050 vertical feet over 2,975 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,000 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 21°, Upper F.I.S. gets about 48% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 3,390 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.