Black diamond Smugglers Notch, VT
Upper Morse Liftline drops 471 vertical feet over 1,656 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 1,140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 17°, Upper Morse Liftline gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 53rd shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,200 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.