Green Sugarbush, VT
Lower Northstar drops 364 vertical feet over 1,753 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 71st steepest of 120 named runs at Sugarbush. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Lower Northstar gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarbush does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th shadiest named run at Sugarbush. Its top sits at 2,480 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.