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Dixie's Knoll

Green Smugglers Notch, VT

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical120 ft
Length1,006 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesN
Top1,568 ft

Dixie's Knoll drops 120 vertical feet over 1,006 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 78th steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces north.

How well Dixie's Knoll holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 7°, Dixie's Knoll gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 64th shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 1,570 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.

Dixie's Knoll profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Dixie's Knoll elsewhere

Nearby at Smugglers Notch

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.