Black diamond Snowshoe Mountain, WV
Sawmill Glades drops 232 vertical feet over 908 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 63 named runs at Snowshoe Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 15°, Sawmill Glades gets about 101% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowshoe Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Snowshoe Mountain. Its top sits at 4,480 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.