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Vixen

Green Mad River Glen, VT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical232 ft
Length1,119 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesE
Top2,916 ft

Vixen drops 232 vertical feet over 1,119 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 1,040 feet below the top. That's steeper than 81% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 51st steepest of 60 named runs at Mad River Glen. It faces east.

How well Vixen holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 12°, Vixen gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mad River Glen does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Mad River Glen. Its top sits at 2,920 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.

Vixen profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Vixen 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.