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Launch Pad

Green Mount Snow, VT

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical57 ft
Length346 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNE
Top2,056 ft

Launch Pad drops 57 vertical feet over 346 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 84th steepest of 86 named runs at Mount Snow. It faces northeast.

How well Launch Pad holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 10°, Launch Pad gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Snow does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th sunniest named run at Mount Snow. Its top sits at 2,060 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.

Launch Pad profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Launch Pad 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.