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Little Spruce

Blue Snowshoe Mountain, WV

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical71 ft
Length374 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top4,750 ft

Little Spruce drops 71 vertical feet over 374 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 7% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 50th steepest of 63 named runs at Snowshoe Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Little Spruce holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 11°, Little Spruce gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowshoe Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd sunniest 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.

Little Spruce profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Little Spruce 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.