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Lower Main Street

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical203 ft
Length1,108 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSE
Top2,044 ft

Lower Main Street drops 203 vertical feet over 1,108 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 57th steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces southeast.

How well Lower Main Street holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 11°, Lower Main Street gets about 126% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 2,040 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.

Lower Main Street profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Main Street 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.