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Smart Alec

Blue Blue Mountain, ON

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical708 ft
Length2,912 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesNE
Top1,467 ft

Smart Alec drops 708 vertical feet over 2,912 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 55 named runs at Blue Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Smart Alec holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 14°, Smart Alec gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Blue Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Blue Mountain. Its top sits at 1,470 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.

Smart Alec profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Smart Alec 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.