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Scarecrow

Black diamond Killington, VT

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical231 ft
Length1,022 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesE
Top3,180 ft

Scarecrow drops 231 vertical feet over 1,022 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 106th steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces east.

How well Scarecrow holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 13°, Scarecrow gets about 105% of the winter sun that flat ground at Killington does, December through March. That's sunnier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th sunniest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 3,180 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.

Scarecrow profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Scarecrow 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.