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Little Dipper

Black diamond Bromley Mountain, VT

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical208 ft
Length659 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesSE
Top3,012 ft

Little Dipper drops 208 vertical feet over 659 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 47 named runs at Bromley Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Little Dipper holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 19°, Little Dipper gets about 122% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bromley Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th sunniest named run at Bromley Mountain. Its top sits at 3,010 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.

Little Dipper profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Little Dipper elsewhere

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.