Black diamond Stowe, VT
S-53 drops 219 vertical feet over 1,218 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 11°, S-53 gets about 48% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 3,110 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.