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Hell;s Half Acre

Unrated Blue Mountain, ON

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical93 ft
Length541 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNE
Top1,401 ft

Hell;s Half Acre drops 93 vertical feet over 541 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 511 unrated runs we've measured in North America, and the 41st steepest of 55 named runs at Blue Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Hell;s Half Acre holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 10°, Hell;s Half Acre gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Blue Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th shadiest named run at Blue Mountain. Its top sits at 1,400 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.

Hell;s Half Acre profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.