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Moon Dog

Blue Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical100 ft
Length414 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSE
Top3,321 ft

Moon Dog drops 100 vertical feet over 414 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 73rd steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces southeast.

How well Moon Dog holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 14°, Moon Dog gets about 121% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 3,320 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.

Moon Dog profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Moon Dog 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.