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Sun Dog

Green Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch9°
Vertical32 ft
Length330 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesE
Top3,320 ft

Sun Dog drops 32 vertical feet over 330 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 9° about 210 feet below the top. That's steeper than 15% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 120th steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces east.

How well Sun Dog holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 6°, Sun Dog gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 82nd sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 3,320 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Sun Dog profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sun 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.