Black diamond Sugarbush, VT
Lower Ripcord drops 553 vertical feet over 1,973 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 18% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 56th steepest of 120 named runs at Sugarbush. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 16°, Lower Ripcord gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarbush does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 44th shadiest named run at Sugarbush. Its top sits at 3,020 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.