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Link

Blue Smugglers Notch, VT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical546 ft
Length2,559 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNW
Top2,189 ft

Link drops 546 vertical feet over 2,559 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 1,040 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 61st steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces northwest.

How well Link holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 12°, Link gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Smugglers Notch does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 57th shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 2,190 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.

Link profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Link 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.