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Bear Trax

Blue Killington, VT

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical798 ft
Length6,510 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesSE
Top4,012 ft

Bear Trax drops 798 vertical feet over 6,510 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 3,850 feet below the top. That's steeper than 21% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 117th steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces southeast.

How well Bear Trax holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southeast at an average 7°, Bear Trax gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Killington does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 35th sunniest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 4,010 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.

Bear Trax profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bear Trax 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.