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Avalanche

Black diamond Bromley Mountain, VT

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical327 ft
Length1,012 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesE
Top2,721 ft

Avalanche drops 327 vertical feet over 1,012 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 47 named runs at Bromley Mountain. It faces east.

How well Avalanche holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 19°, Avalanche gets about 106% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bromley Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th sunniest named run at Bromley Mountain. Its top sits at 2,720 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Avalanche profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Avalanche elsewhere

Nearby at Bromley Mountain

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.