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Cliff Trail

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical463 ft
Length1,953 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSE
Top3,413 ft

Cliff Trail drops 463 vertical feet over 1,953 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 720 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 83rd steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces southeast.

How well Cliff Trail holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 14°, Cliff Trail gets about 118% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 35th sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 3,410 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.

Cliff Trail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cliff Trail 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.