Black diamond Whiteface Mountain, NY
Essex drops 438 vertical feet over 1,262 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 20°, Essex gets about 51% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 3,620 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.