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Periwinkle

Blue Mad River Glen, VT

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical450 ft
Length2,545 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesE
Top2,477 ft

Periwinkle drops 450 vertical feet over 2,545 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 1,350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces east.

How well Periwinkle holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 11°, Periwinkle gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's sunnier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 2,480 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.

Periwinkle profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Periwinkle 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.