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Upper Perry Merrill

Blue Stowe, VT

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical416 ft
Length2,404 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesE
Top3,661 ft

Upper Perry Merrill drops 416 vertical feet over 2,404 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 1,130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 79th steepest of 121 named runs at Stowe. It faces east.

How well Upper Perry Merrill holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 10°, Upper Perry Merrill gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stowe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 50th sunniest named run at Stowe. Its top sits at 3,660 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 Perry Merrill profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Perry Merrill 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.