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Upper Moonshadow

Blue Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical445 ft
Length3,126 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNE
Top1,948 ft

Upper Moonshadow drops 445 vertical feet over 3,126 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 1,470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 57th steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces northeast.

How well Upper Moonshadow holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 9°, Upper Moonshadow 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 101st sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 1,950 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.

Upper Moonshadow profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Moonshadow 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.