Blue Sugarbush, VT
Lower Elbow drops 158 vertical feet over 678 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 61st steepest of 120 named runs at Sugarbush. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 14°, Lower Elbow gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarbush does, December through March. That's shadier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 55th shadiest named run at Sugarbush. Its top sits at 3,200 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.