Black diamond Snowshoe Mountain, WV
Choker drops 289 vertical feet over 1,160 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 63 named runs at Snowshoe Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 15°, Choker gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowshoe Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th sunniest named run at Snowshoe Mountain. Its top sits at 4,640 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.