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The Gulch

Blue Mount Snow, VT

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical537 ft
Length2,917 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top2,536 ft

The Gulch drops 537 vertical feet over 2,917 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 67th steepest of 86 named runs at Mount Snow. It faces northeast.

How well The Gulch holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 11°, The Gulch gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Snow does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th shadiest named run at Mount Snow. Its top sits at 2,540 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.

The Gulch profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Gulch 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.