Black diamond Swain Resort, NY
Upper Brewer drops 349 vertical feet over 1,314 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 35 named runs at Swain Resort. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 16°, Upper Brewer gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Swain Resort does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Swain Resort. Its top sits at 1,840 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.