Blue Whiteface Mountain, NY
Lower Thruway drops 313 vertical feet over 1,199 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 39% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 53rd steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 15°, Lower Thruway gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 77th sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 2,170 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.