Black diamond Whiteface Mountain, NY
Approach drops 508 vertical feet over 2,386 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 2,030 feet below the top. That's steeper than 10% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 45th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 12°, Approach gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 66th sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 3,620 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.