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Carter Country

Green Burke Mountain, VT

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical166 ft
Length1,515 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesNW
Top1,383 ft

Carter Country drops 166 vertical feet over 1,515 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 54th steepest of 56 named runs at Burke Mountain. It faces northwest.

How well Carter Country holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 6°, Carter Country gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Burke Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Burke Mountain. Its top sits at 1,380 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Carter Country profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Carter Country elsewhere

Nearby at Burke 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.