Black diamond Stowe, VT
Upper Hayride drops 363 vertical feet over 1,003 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 21°, Upper Hayride gets about 96% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 66th sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 3,260 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.