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Duck Walk

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical139 ft
Length797 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesE
Top2,227 ft

Duck Walk drops 139 vertical feet over 797 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 91st steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces east.

How well Duck Walk holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 10°, Duck Walk gets about 105% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 56th sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 2,230 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Duck Walk profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Duck Walk 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.