Blue Whiteface Mountain, NY
Lower Empire drops 138 vertical feet over 455 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 40 feet below the top. That's steeper than 52% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 43rd steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 18°, Lower Empire gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 2,730 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.