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Gondolier

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical813 ft
Length2,818 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesE
Top3,074 ft

Gondolier drops 813 vertical feet over 2,818 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,800 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 51st steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces east.

How well Gondolier holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 17°, Gondolier gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 40th sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 3,070 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.

Gondolier profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gondolier 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.