Blue Swain Resort, NY
Fools Gold drops 115 vertical feet over 869 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 35 named runs at Swain Resort. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 8°, Fools Gold gets about 60% of the winter sun that flat ground at Swain Resort does, December through March. That's shadier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Swain Resort. Its top sits at 1,780 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.