Black diamond Snowshoe Mountain, WV
Flying Eagle drops 636 vertical feet over 2,880 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 130 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 northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 13°, Flying Eagle gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowshoe Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Snowshoe Mountain. Its top sits at 4,810 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.