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Hayride Loop

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical205 ft
Length982 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top2,333 ft

Hayride Loop drops 205 vertical feet over 982 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces northeast.

How well Hayride Loop holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Hayride Loop gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd shadiest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 2,330 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Hayride Loop profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hayride Loop 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.