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Main Street

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch34°
Vertical611 ft
Length2,299 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesSE
Top2,581 ft

Main Street drops 611 vertical feet over 2,299 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces southeast.

How well Main Street holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 16°, Main Street gets about 135% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 2,580 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.

Main Street profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like 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.