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Holly

Blue Kissing Bridge, NY

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical444 ft
Length2,196 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesE
Top1,685 ft

Holly drops 444 vertical feet over 2,196 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 1,520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 35 named runs at Kissing Bridge. It faces east.

How well Holly holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 12°, Holly gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Kissing Bridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th sunniest named run at Kissing Bridge. Its top sits at 1,680 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Holly profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Holly elsewhere

Nearby at Kissing Bridge

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.