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Shooter

Blue Stratton, VT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical81 ft
Length1,013 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesSE
Top3,167 ft

Shooter drops 81 vertical feet over 1,013 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 57% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 112 named runs at Stratton. It faces southeast.

How well Shooter holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 5°, Shooter gets about 117% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stratton does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Stratton. Its top sits at 3,170 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.

Shooter profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Shooter 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.