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Perry Merrill

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical858 ft
Length3,206 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesSE
Top3,245 ft

Perry Merrill drops 858 vertical feet over 3,206 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 2,280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 69th steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces southeast.

How well Perry Merrill holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 16°, Perry Merrill gets about 118% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 3,250 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.

Perry Merrill profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Perry Merrill 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.