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Home Run

Blue Pico Mountain, VT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical397 ft
Length3,168 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNW
Top2,397 ft

Home Run drops 397 vertical feet over 3,168 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,380 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 58 named runs at Pico Mountain. It faces northwest.

How well Home Run holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 7°, Home Run gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pico Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th shadiest named run at Pico Mountain. Its top sits at 2,400 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Home Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Home Run elsewhere

Nearby at Pico Mountain

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.