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Ballhooter

Blue Snowshoe Mountain, WV

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical686 ft
Length3,539 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top4,753 ft

Ballhooter drops 686 vertical feet over 3,539 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 63 named runs at Snowshoe Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Ballhooter holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 11°, Ballhooter gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowshoe Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Snowshoe Mountain. Its top sits at 4,750 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.

Ballhooter profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ballhooter elsewhere

Nearby at Snowshoe Mountain

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.