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Upper Gondolier

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical372 ft
Length1,354 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesE
Top3,648 ft

Upper Gondolier drops 372 vertical feet over 1,354 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 64th steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces east.

How well Upper Gondolier holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 16°, Upper Gondolier gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 47th sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 3,650 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.

Upper Gondolier profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Gondolier 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.