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Harvey's Hideaway

Blue Smugglers Notch, VT

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical257 ft
Length932 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesNE
Top2,547 ft

Harvey's Hideaway drops 257 vertical feet over 932 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 770 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 33rd steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces northeast.

How well Harvey's Hideaway holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 16°, Harvey's Hideaway gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,550 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.

Harvey's Hideaway profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Harvey's Hideaway 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.