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Express Lane

Blue Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch9°
Vertical74 ft
Length837 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesE
Top2,760 ft

Express Lane drops 74 vertical feet over 837 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 9° about 730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 2% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 119th steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces east.

How well Express Lane holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 5°, Express Lane gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 73rd sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 2,760 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.

Express Lane profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Express Lane 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.