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Lower Power Line

Double black Burke Mountain, VT

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical673 ft
Length2,300 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesNE
Top2,688 ft

Lower Power Line drops 673 vertical feet over 2,300 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,550 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 56 named runs at Burke Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Lower Power Line holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 17°, Lower Power Line gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Burke Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th shadiest named run at Burke Mountain. Its top sits at 2,690 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.

Lower Power Line profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Power 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.