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Rimrock

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical274 ft
Length2,014 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesNE
Top3,224 ft

Rimrock drops 274 vertical feet over 2,014 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 47th steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces northeast.

How well Rimrock holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 8°, Rimrock gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th shadiest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 3,220 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.

Rimrock profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Rimrock 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.