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Lower Flume

Green Snowshoe Mountain, WV

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical170 ft
Length1,794 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesNE
Top4,268 ft

Lower Flume drops 170 vertical feet over 1,794 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 56th steepest of 63 named runs at Snowshoe Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Lower Flume holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 6°, Lower Flume gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowshoe Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st sunniest named run at Snowshoe Mountain. Its top sits at 4,270 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.

Lower Flume profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Flume 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.