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Slaymaker

Blue Snowshoe Mountain, WV

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical172 ft
Length719 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesNE
Top4,693 ft

Slaymaker drops 172 vertical feet over 719 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 63 named runs at Snowshoe Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Slaymaker holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 14°, Slaymaker gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowshoe Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st shadiest named run at Snowshoe Mountain. Its top sits at 4,690 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.

Slaymaker profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Slaymaker 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.