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Fox's Folly

Double black Burke Mountain, VT

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical549 ft
Length1,420 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesNW
Top2,854 ft

Fox's Folly drops 549 vertical feet over 1,420 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 56 named runs at Burke Mountain. It faces northwest.

How well Fox's Folly holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northwest at an average 23°, Fox's Folly gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Burke Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Burke Mountain. Its top sits at 2,850 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Fox's Folly profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Fox's Folly 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.