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Candy Cane

Green Holiday Valley, NY

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical142 ft
Length1,052 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesNW
Top2,269 ft

Candy Cane drops 142 vertical feet over 1,052 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 35% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 61st steepest of 74 named runs at Holiday Valley. It faces northwest.

How well Candy Cane holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 8°, Candy Cane gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Holiday Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 53rd shadiest named run at Holiday Valley. Its top sits at 2,270 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.

Candy Cane profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Candy Cane elsewhere

Nearby at Holiday Valley

Measured by ZRankings from USGS lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). 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.