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Rumrunner

Blue Smugglers Notch, VT

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical459 ft
Length2,459 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesN
Top3,050 ft

Rumrunner drops 459 vertical feet over 2,459 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 2,300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 65th steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces north.

How well Rumrunner holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 11°, Rumrunner 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 3,050 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.

Rumrunner profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Rumrunner 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.