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Orion

Black diamond Bromley Mountain, VT

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical571 ft
Length2,183 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesE
Top3,132 ft

Orion drops 571 vertical feet over 2,183 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 1,900 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 47 named runs at Bromley Mountain. It faces east.

How well Orion holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 16°, Orion gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bromley Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th sunniest named run at Bromley Mountain. Its top sits at 3,130 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.

Orion profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Orion 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.