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Helter Skelter

Black diamond Killington, VT

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical122 ft
Length538 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesE
Top3,985 ft

Helter Skelter drops 122 vertical feet over 538 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 54th steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces east.

How well Helter Skelter holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 13°, Helter Skelter gets about 106% of the winter sun that flat ground at Killington does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 44th sunniest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 3,980 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.

Helter Skelter profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Helter Skelter 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.