Black diamond Windham Mountain, NY
Why Not drops 894 vertical feet over 3,438 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,800 feet below the top. That's steeper than 46% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 57 named runs at Windham Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 15°, Why Not gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Windham Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th shadiest named run at Windham Mountain. Its top sits at 3,040 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.