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The North Way

Blue Killington, VT

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical305 ft
Length1,690 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesE
Top3,281 ft

The North Way drops 305 vertical feet over 1,690 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 58th steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces east.

How well The North Way holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 11°, The North Way 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 40th sunniest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 3,280 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.

The North Way profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The North Way 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.