Green Swain Resort, NY
Black Forest drops 127 vertical feet over 863 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 35 named runs at Swain Resort. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 9°, Black Forest gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Swain Resort does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Swain Resort. Its top sits at 1,720 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.