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Ellen's Woods

Blue Sugarbush, VT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical278 ft
Length1,264 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top1,946 ft

Ellen's Woods drops 278 vertical feet over 1,264 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,110 feet below the top. That's steeper than 65% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 120 named runs at Sugarbush. It faces northeast.

How well Ellen's Woods holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Ellen's Woods gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarbush does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 72nd shadiest named run at Sugarbush. Its top sits at 1,950 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.

Ellen's Woods profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ellen's Woods elsewhere

Nearby at Sugarbush

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.