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Northway

Green Sugarbush, VT

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical311 ft
Length4,236 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesE
Top2,985 ft

Northway drops 311 vertical feet over 4,236 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 104th steepest of 120 named runs at Sugarbush. It faces east.

How well Northway holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 5°, Northway gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarbush does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 44th sunniest named run at Sugarbush. Its top sits at 2,980 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Northway profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Northway 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.