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Upper Chilcoot

Blue Smugglers Notch, VT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical882 ft
Length4,936 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesN
Top3,648 ft

Upper Chilcoot drops 882 vertical feet over 4,936 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 1,290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 46% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 60th steepest of 79 named runs at Smugglers Notch. It faces north.

How well Upper Chilcoot holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 10°, Upper Chilcoot 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 65th shadiest named run at Smugglers Notch. Its top sits at 3,650 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.

Upper Chilcoot profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Chilcoot 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.