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Blue Heaven

Blue Killington, VT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical254 ft
Length1,531 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSE
Top4,074 ft

Blue Heaven drops 254 vertical feet over 1,531 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 84th steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces southeast.

How well Blue Heaven holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 10°, Blue Heaven gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Killington does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th sunniest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 4,070 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.

Blue Heaven profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Blue Heaven 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.