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Lift Line

Blue Burke Mountain, VT

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical277 ft
Length1,354 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNW
Top3,184 ft

Lift Line drops 277 vertical feet over 1,354 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 870 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 49th steepest of 56 named runs at Burke Mountain. It faces northwest.

How well Lift Line holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 12°, Lift Line gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Burke Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 44th shadiest named run at Burke Mountain. Its top sits at 3,180 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.

Lift Line profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lift Line 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.