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Alpine Training Venue

Blue Killington, VT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical470 ft
Length1,970 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top3,252 ft

Alpine Training Venue drops 470 vertical feet over 1,970 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 840 feet below the top. That's steeper than 30% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 103rd steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces east.

How well Alpine Training Venue holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 14°, Alpine Training Venue gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Killington does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 86th sunniest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 3,250 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.

Alpine Training Venue profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Alpine Training Venue elsewhere

Nearby at Killington

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. 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.