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Armando's Alley

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical98 ft
Length711 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesSE
Top2,746 ft

Armando's Alley drops 98 vertical feet over 711 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 68th steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces southeast.

How well Armando's Alley holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 8°, Armando's Alley gets about 117% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 2,750 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Armando's Alley profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Armando's Alley elsewhere

Nearby at Stowe

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.