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Stewardess Cut

Blue Holiday Valley, NY

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical116 ft
Length1,151 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesN
Top2,074 ft

Stewardess Cut drops 116 vertical feet over 1,151 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 1,130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 25% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 74 named runs at Holiday Valley. It faces north.

How well Stewardess Cut holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 6°, Stewardess Cut gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Holiday Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Holiday Valley. Its top sits at 2,070 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.

Stewardess Cut profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Stewardess Cut 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.