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Nor'Easter

Black diamond Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical1,544 ft
Length6,201 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesE
Top3,134 ft

Nor'Easter drops 1,544 vertical feet over 6,201 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 960 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces east.

How well Nor'Easter holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 15°, Nor'Easter gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 3,130 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.

Nor'Easter profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Nor'Easter 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.