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The Narrows

Blue Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical71 ft
Length514 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesN
Top3,079 ft

The Narrows drops 71 vertical feet over 514 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 20 feet below the top. That's steeper than 8% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 109th steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces north.

How well The Narrows holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 8°, The Narrows gets about 47% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 3,080 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

The Narrows profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Narrows 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.