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Superpipe

Blue Killington, VT

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical495 ft
Length1,847 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesS
Top2,600 ft

Superpipe drops 495 vertical feet over 1,847 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 850 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 43rd steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces south.

How well Superpipe holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 16°, Superpipe gets about 138% of the winter sun that flat ground at Killington does, December through March. That's sunnier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 2,600 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.

Superpipe profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Superpipe 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.