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Last Chance

Blue Holiday Valley, NY

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical212 ft
Length2,434 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesNE
Top1,885 ft

Last Chance drops 212 vertical feet over 2,434 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 900 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 74 named runs at Holiday Valley. It faces northeast.

How well Last Chance holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 6°, Last Chance gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Holiday Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th shadiest named run at Holiday Valley. Its top sits at 1,880 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.

Last Chance profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Last Chance 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.