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Countdown

Blue Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical289 ft
Length1,082 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesS
Top3,112 ft

Countdown drops 289 vertical feet over 1,082 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 60 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 43rd steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces south.

How well Countdown holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 16°, Countdown gets about 136% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 3,110 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.

Countdown profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Countdown 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.