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Iron Run

Blue Mount Snow, VT

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical499 ft
Length2,529 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesE
Top2,478 ft

Iron Run drops 499 vertical feet over 2,529 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 1,770 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 86 named runs at Mount Snow. It faces east.

How well Iron Run holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 12°, Iron Run gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Snow does, December through March. That's sunnier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Mount Snow. 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.

Iron Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Iron Run 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.