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Upper Fall Line

Black diamond Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical489 ft
Length1,866 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSE
Top3,311 ft

Upper Fall Line drops 489 vertical feet over 1,866 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 1,030 feet below the top. That's steeper than 23% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces southeast.

How well Upper Fall Line holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 15°, Upper Fall Line gets about 117% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 3,310 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.

Upper Fall Line profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Fall Line 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.