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The Shadows

Black diamond Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical290 ft
Length1,007 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesE
Top2,082 ft

The Shadows drops 290 vertical feet over 1,007 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces east.

How well The Shadows holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 17°, The Shadows gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 100th sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 2,080 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 Shadows profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Shadows 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.