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Slowpoke

Blue Sugarbush, VT

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical379 ft
Length1,630 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSE
Top2,160 ft

Slowpoke drops 379 vertical feet over 1,630 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 1,280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 79th steepest of 120 named runs at Sugarbush. It faces southeast.

How well Slowpoke holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 14°, Slowpoke gets about 113% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarbush does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th sunniest named run at Sugarbush. Its top sits at 2,160 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.

Slowpoke profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Slowpoke 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.