Blue Windham Mountain, NY
Lower Whirlwind drops 531 vertical feet over 2,291 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,900 feet below the top. That's steeper than 65% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 57 named runs at Windham Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 13°, Lower Whirlwind gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Windham Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th shadiest named run at Windham Mountain. Its top sits at 2,390 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.