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Second Thoughts

Blue Sugarbush, VT

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical69 ft
Length609 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNE
Top2,295 ft

Second Thoughts drops 69 vertical feet over 609 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 550 feet below the top. That's steeper than 9% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 114th steepest of 120 named runs at Sugarbush. It faces northeast.

How well Second Thoughts holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 7°, Second Thoughts gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarbush does, December through March. That's sunnier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 56th sunniest named run at Sugarbush. Its top sits at 2,300 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.

Second Thoughts profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.