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Loon

Green Mad River Glen, VT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical474 ft
Length2,225 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSE
Top2,589 ft

Loon drops 474 vertical feet over 2,225 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 900 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces southeast.

How well Loon holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 12°, Loon gets about 117% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 2,590 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.

Loon profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Loon 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.