Black diamond Whiteface Mountain, NY
Lower Skyward drops 737 vertical feet over 2,403 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 18°, Lower Skyward gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 71st sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 3,280 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.