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Skip Jack

Blue Snowshoe Mountain, WV

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical491 ft
Length2,325 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top4,684 ft

Skip Jack drops 491 vertical feet over 2,325 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 63 named runs at Snowshoe Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Skip Jack holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Skip Jack gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowshoe Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th shadiest named run at Snowshoe Mountain. Its top sits at 4,680 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.

Skip Jack profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Skip Jack 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.