Blue Swain Resort, NY
Ben Blakley drops 173 vertical feet over 1,003 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 35 named runs at Swain Resort. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 10°, Ben Blakley gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Swain Resort does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Swain Resort. Its top sits at 1,730 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.