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Short Fuse

Blue Mount Snow, VT

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical183 ft
Length943 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top2,423 ft

Short Fuse drops 183 vertical feet over 943 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 86 named runs at Mount Snow. It faces northeast.

How well Short Fuse holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 11°, Short Fuse gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Snow does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st sunniest named run at Mount Snow. Its top sits at 2,420 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.

Short Fuse profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Short Fuse 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.