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Lower Wild Thing

Black diamond Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical667 ft
Length2,804 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSE
Top2,925 ft

Lower Wild Thing drops 667 vertical feet over 2,804 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 870 feet below the top. That's steeper than 10% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 51st steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces southeast.

How well Lower Wild Thing holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 14°, Lower Wild Thing gets about 124% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 2,920 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.

Lower Wild Thing profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Wild Thing 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.