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Ridgeview

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical284 ft
Length1,526 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSE
Top3,607 ft

Ridgeview drops 284 vertical feet over 1,526 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 40 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 91st steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces southeast.

How well Ridgeview holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 11°, Ridgeview gets about 121% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 3,610 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.

Ridgeview profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ridgeview 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.