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Standard

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical522 ft
Length2,063 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesE
Top2,500 ft

Standard drops 522 vertical feet over 2,063 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 56th steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces east.

How well Standard holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 15°, Standard gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 80th sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 2,500 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Standard profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Standard 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.