Black diamond Whiteface Mountain, NY
Upper Northway drops 358 vertical feet over 808 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 610 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 26°, Upper Northway gets about 37% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 3,540 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.