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Upper Flume

Green Snowshoe Mountain, WV

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical232 ft
Length2,323 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesE
Top4,771 ft

Upper Flume drops 232 vertical feet over 2,323 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 1,030 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 58th steepest of 63 named runs at Snowshoe Mountain. It faces east.

How well Upper Flume holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 6°, Upper 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 4,770 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.

Upper Flume profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper 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.