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Fire Lane

Blue Holiday Valley, NY

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical101 ft
Length646 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNE
Top2,213 ft

Fire Lane drops 101 vertical feet over 646 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 54th steepest of 74 named runs at Holiday Valley. It faces northeast.

How well Fire Lane holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 9°, Fire Lane gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Holiday Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 47th shadiest named run at Holiday Valley. Its top sits at 2,210 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.

Fire Lane profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Fire Lane 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.