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Spruce

Blue Snowshoe Mountain, WV

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical382 ft
Length1,651 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top4,669 ft

Spruce drops 382 vertical feet over 1,651 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 510 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 63 named runs at Snowshoe Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Spruce holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Spruce gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowshoe Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Snowshoe Mountain. Its top sits at 4,670 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.

Spruce profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like 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.