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Bright Star Basin

Green Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch5°
Vertical52 ft
Length730 ft
Average pitch4°
FacesSE
Top1,211 ft

Bright Star Basin drops 52 vertical feet over 730 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 5° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 4% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 124th steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces southeast.

How well Bright Star Basin holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southeast at an average 4°, Bright Star Basin gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 44th sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 1,210 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.

Bright Star Basin profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bright Star Basin 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.