Black diamond Smugglers Notch, VT
Upper Pipeline drops 177 vertical feet over 572 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 410 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Upper Pipeline gets about 54% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,960 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.