Blue Snowshoe Mountain, WV
Bluehorn drops 135 vertical feet over 665 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 63 named runs at Snowshoe Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Bluehorn gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowshoe Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Snowshoe Mountain. Its top sits at 4,360 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.