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Blue Ribbon

Black diamond Bromley Mountain, VT

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical772 ft
Length2,685 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesSE
Top3,250 ft

Blue Ribbon drops 772 vertical feet over 2,685 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 2,090 feet below the top. That's steeper than 54% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 47 named runs at Bromley Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Blue Ribbon holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 17°, Blue Ribbon gets about 125% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bromley Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th sunniest named run at Bromley Mountain. Its top sits at 3,250 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.

Blue Ribbon profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Blue Ribbon 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.