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Snowball

Blue Sugarbush, VT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical386 ft
Length1,723 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesE
Top2,880 ft

Snowball drops 386 vertical feet over 1,723 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 1,000 feet below the top. That's steeper than 46% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 78th steepest of 120 named runs at Sugarbush. It faces east.

How well Snowball holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 13°, Snowball gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarbush does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th sunniest named run at Sugarbush. Its top sits at 2,880 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.

Snowball profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Snowball 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.