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Nitro

Blue Mount Snow, VT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical559 ft
Length2,865 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top2,924 ft

Nitro drops 559 vertical feet over 2,865 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 86 named runs at Mount Snow. It faces northeast.

How well Nitro holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 11°, Nitro gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Snow does, December through March. That's sunnier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 56th sunniest named run at Mount Snow. Its top sits at 2,920 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.

Nitro profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Nitro 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.