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Second Thoughts

Blue Mount Snow, VT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical99 ft
Length810 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesN
Top3,208 ft

Second Thoughts drops 99 vertical feet over 810 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 86 named runs at Mount Snow. It faces north.

How well Second Thoughts holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 7°, Second Thoughts gets about 40% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Snow does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Mount Snow. Its top sits at 3,210 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Second Thoughts profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Second Thoughts 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.