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Rockefellers

Blue Mad River Glen, VT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical140 ft
Length623 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top1,835 ft

Rockefellers drops 140 vertical feet over 623 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces northeast.

How well Rockefellers holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Rockefellers gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's shadier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st shadiest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 1,830 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Rockefellers profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Rockefellers 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.