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Upper Main Street

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical558 ft
Length2,190 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSE
Top3,140 ft

Upper Main Street drops 558 vertical feet over 2,190 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 49th steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces southeast.

How well Upper Main Street holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 15°, Upper Main Street gets about 132% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 3,140 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 Main Street profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Main 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.