Double black Stowe, VT
S-53 Glades drops 646 vertical feet over 1,646 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 1,430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 23°, S-53 Glades gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 2,980 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.