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The Throne

Black diamond Killington, VT

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical451 ft
Length1,219 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesSE
Top3,333 ft

The Throne drops 451 vertical feet over 1,219 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces southeast.

How well The Throne holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 22°, The Throne 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 16th sunniest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 3,330 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 Throne profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Throne 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.