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Gordon's Garden

Double black (off-piste) Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical156 ft
Length1,220 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesSE
Top1,623 ft

Gordon's Garden drops 156 vertical feet over 1,220 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 1,190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 2% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 102nd steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces southeast.

How well Gordon's Garden holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 7°, Gordon's Garden gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 39th sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 1,620 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.

Gordon's Garden profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gordon's Garden 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.