Black diamond Whiteface Mountain, NY
Upper Parkway drops 750 vertical feet over 2,073 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 54% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 21°, Upper Parkway 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 72nd sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 3,000 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.