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Nor'easter

Double black (off-piste) Killington, VT

Steepest pitch34°
Vertical483 ft
Length1,894 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSE
Top2,244 ft

Nor'easter drops 483 vertical feet over 1,894 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 39% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces southeast.

How well Nor'easter holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 15°, Nor'easter gets about 122% of the winter sun that flat ground at Killington does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 2,240 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.

Nor'easter profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Nor'easter 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.