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Ridge

Blue Mount Snow, VT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical1,079 ft
Length5,571 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesE
Top3,269 ft

Ridge drops 1,079 vertical feet over 5,571 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 86 named runs at Mount Snow. It faces east.

How well Ridge holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 11°, Ridge gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Snow does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd sunniest named run at Mount Snow. Its top sits at 3,270 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.

Ridge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ridge 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.