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Drifter

Blue Mount Snow, VT

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical202 ft
Length841 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesNE
Top3,554 ft

Drifter drops 202 vertical feet over 841 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 86 named runs at Mount Snow. It faces northeast.

How well Drifter holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 14°, Drifter 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 49th sunniest named run at Mount Snow. Its top sits at 3,550 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.

Drifter profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Drifter 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.