Black diamond Swain Resort, NY
Rattler drops 475 vertical feet over 2,154 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 35 named runs at Swain Resort. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 13°, Rattler gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Swain Resort does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Swain Resort. Its top sits at 1,810 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.