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Jug Handle

Black diamond Killington, VT

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical211 ft
Length772 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesSE
Top3,425 ft

Jug Handle drops 211 vertical feet over 772 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 60 feet below the top. That's steeper than 54% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces southeast.

How well Jug Handle holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 16°, Jug Handle gets about 143% of the winter sun that flat ground at Killington does, December through March. That's sunnier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 3,420 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.

Jug Handle profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Jug Handle 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.