Double black Stratton, VT
Upper Downeaster drops 264 vertical feet over 938 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 740 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 112 named runs at Stratton. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 17°, Upper Downeaster gets about 99% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stratton does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at Stratton. Its top sits at 3,360 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.