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Ego Glade

Black diamond Holiday Valley, NY

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical337 ft
Length1,179 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesN
Top2,120 ft

Ego Glade drops 337 vertical feet over 1,179 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 21% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 74 named runs at Holiday Valley. It faces north.

How well Ego Glade holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 17°, Ego Glade gets about 58% of the winter sun that flat ground at Holiday Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Holiday Valley. Its top sits at 2,120 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.

Ego Glade profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ego Glade 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.