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Centerline

Black diamond Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical358 ft
Length1,060 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesE
Top3,254 ft

Centerline drops 358 vertical feet over 1,060 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces east.

How well Centerline holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 20°, Centerline gets about 106% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 54th sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 3,250 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.

Centerline profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Centerline 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.