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Semi Tough Woods

Black diamond Sugarbush, VT

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical673 ft
Length2,283 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesE
Top2,458 ft

Semi Tough Woods drops 673 vertical feet over 2,283 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 1,040 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 120 named runs at Sugarbush. It faces east.

How well Semi Tough Woods holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 17°, Semi Tough Woods gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarbush does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th sunniest named run at Sugarbush. Its top sits at 2,460 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.

Semi Tough Woods profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Semi Tough 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.