Blue Snowshoe Mountain, WV
Spur drops 215 vertical feet over 1,106 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 620 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 11°, Spur gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowshoe Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Snowshoe Mountain. Its top sits at 4,520 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.