Black diamond Whiteface Mountain, NY
High Country Glades drops 575 vertical feet over 2,327 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 2,150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 18% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, High Country Glades gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 2,800 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.