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MoonBeam

Blue Holiday Valley, NY

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical290 ft
Length1,289 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSE
Top2,105 ft

MoonBeam drops 290 vertical feet over 1,289 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 1,020 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 74 named runs at Holiday Valley. It faces southeast.

How well MoonBeam holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 13°, MoonBeam gets about 115% of the winter sun that flat ground at Holiday Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Holiday Valley. Its top sits at 2,100 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

MoonBeam profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like MoonBeam 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.