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Loose Spruce

Double black Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical412 ft
Length1,813 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSE
Top2,965 ft

Loose Spruce drops 412 vertical feet over 1,813 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 1,480 feet below the top. That's steeper than 12% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces southeast.

How well Loose Spruce holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 14°, Loose Spruce gets about 129% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 2,960 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.

Loose Spruce profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Loose Spruce 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.