Green Stratton, VT
Churchill Downs drops 496 vertical feet over 3,196 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 810 feet below the top. That's steeper than 65% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 77th steepest of 112 named runs at Stratton. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 9°, Churchill Downs gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stratton does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th sunniest named run at Stratton. Its top sits at 2,960 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.