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Header

Blue Killington, VT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical993 ft
Length5,283 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesE
Top3,199 ft

Header drops 993 vertical feet over 5,283 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 1,170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 97th steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces east.

How well Header holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 11°, Header gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Killington does, December through March. That's sunnier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 80th sunniest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 3,200 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Header profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Header 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.