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Wardance

Black diamond Okemo, VT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical714 ft
Length2,894 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top2,327 ft

Wardance drops 714 vertical feet over 2,894 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 13% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 124 named runs at Okemo. It faces east.

How well Wardance holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 14°, Wardance gets about 107% of the winter sun that flat ground at Okemo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 52nd sunniest named run at Okemo. Its top sits at 2,330 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.

Wardance profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wardance 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.