Blue Stratton, VT
Lower Downeaster drops 1,091 vertical feet over 5,208 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,610 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 33rd steepest of 112 named runs at Stratton. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Lower Downeaster gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stratton does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 74th shadiest named run at Stratton. Its top sits at 3,080 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.