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Black Out

Black diamond Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical686 ft
Length2,634 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesE
Top2,345 ft

Black Out drops 686 vertical feet over 2,634 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 410 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces east.

How well Black Out holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 15°, Black Out gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 40th sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 2,350 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Black Out profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Black Out elsewhere

Nearby at Okemo

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.