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Canyon

Blue Mount Snow, VT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical998 ft
Length5,096 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top2,984 ft

Canyon drops 998 vertical feet over 5,096 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 870 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 86 named runs at Mount Snow. It faces northeast.

How well Canyon holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 11°, Canyon gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Snow does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 47th sunniest named run at Mount Snow. Its top sits at 2,980 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.

Canyon profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Canyon elsewhere

Nearby at Mount Snow

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.