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The Bruce Trail

Double black Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical1,360 ft
Length5,749 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSE
Top3,582 ft

The Bruce Trail drops 1,360 vertical feet over 5,749 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 3,780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces southeast.

How well The Bruce Trail holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 14°, The Bruce Trail gets about 135% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 3,580 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.

The Bruce Trail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Bruce Trail 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.