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Duck Soup

Blue Stratton, VT

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical298 ft
Length1,482 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top2,705 ft

Duck Soup drops 298 vertical feet over 1,482 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 12% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 92nd steepest of 112 named runs at Stratton. It faces northeast.

How well Duck Soup holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Duck Soup gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stratton does, December through March. That's shadier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 63rd shadiest named run at Stratton. Its top sits at 2,710 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.

Duck Soup profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Duck Soup elsewhere

Nearby at Stratton

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.