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Buckhorn

Green Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical140 ft
Length1,492 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesNE
Top3,311 ft

Buckhorn drops 140 vertical feet over 1,492 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 111th steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces northeast.

How well Buckhorn holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing northeast at an average 6°, Buckhorn gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 83rd sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 3,310 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.

Buckhorn profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Buckhorn 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.