Black diamond Stratton, VT
Polar Bear drops 1,136 vertical feet over 4,372 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 570 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 112 named runs at Stratton. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, Polar Bear gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stratton does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th shadiest named run at Stratton. Its top sits at 3,680 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.