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Side Street

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical618 ft
Length2,995 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSE
Top2,373 ft

Side Street drops 618 vertical feet over 2,995 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 840 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 67th steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces southeast.

How well Side Street holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 12°, Side Street gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 2,370 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.

Side Street profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Side 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.