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Butternut

Blue Blue Mountain, ON

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical700 ft
Length3,876 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNE
Top1,469 ft

Butternut drops 700 vertical feet over 3,876 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 1,840 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 55 named runs at Blue Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Butternut holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 10°, Butternut gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Blue Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th shadiest named run at Blue Mountain. Its top sits at 1,470 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.

Butternut profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Butternut elsewhere

Nearby at Blue Mountain

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter lidar from Natural Resources Canada. 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.