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The Plunge

Black diamond Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical349 ft
Length1,111 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesE
Top2,094 ft

The Plunge drops 349 vertical feet over 1,111 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces east.

How well The Plunge holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 18°, The Plunge gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 108th sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 2,090 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

The Plunge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Plunge 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.