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Broken Arrow

Black diamond Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical194 ft
Length873 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesE
Top2,189 ft

Broken Arrow drops 194 vertical feet over 873 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 76th steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces east.

How well Broken Arrow holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 13°, Broken Arrow gets about 101% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 66th sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 2,190 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Broken Arrow profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Broken Arrow 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.