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North Slope

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical866 ft
Length3,100 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesNE
Top2,712 ft

North Slope drops 866 vertical feet over 3,100 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,880 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 northeast.

How well North Slope holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 16°, North Slope gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd shadiest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 2,710 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

North Slope profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like North Slope 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.