Blue Stratton, VT
Black Bear drops 1,119 vertical feet over 5,360 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 4,750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 46th steepest of 112 named runs at Stratton. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Black Bear gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stratton does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th sunniest named run at Stratton. Its top sits at 3,880 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.