Black diamond Sugarbush, VT
Middle Earth drops 1,479 vertical feet over 5,625 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 2,060 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 120 named runs at Sugarbush. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 16°, Middle Earth gets about 105% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarbush does, December through March. That's sunnier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd sunniest named run at Sugarbush. 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.