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Ben's Glade

Unrated Mad River Glen, VT

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical113 ft
Length487 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top2,289 ft

Ben's Glade drops 113 vertical feet over 487 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 460 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 511 unrated runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces east.

How well Ben's Glade holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 14°, Ben's Glade gets about 107% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 2,290 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.

Ben's Glade profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ben's Glade elsewhere

Nearby at Mad River Glen

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.