Black diamond Stratton, VT
Upper Middlebrook drops 724 vertical feet over 2,551 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 1,930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 112 named runs at Stratton. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 17°, Upper Middlebrook gets about 105% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stratton does, December through March. That's sunnier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Stratton. Its top sits at 3,730 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.