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Sugarbear Forest

Green Sugarbush, VT

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical75 ft
Length531 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesSE
Top1,757 ft

Sugarbear Forest drops 75 vertical feet over 531 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 118th steepest of 120 named runs at Sugarbush. It faces southeast.

How well Sugarbear Forest holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southeast at an average 8°, Sugarbear Forest gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarbush does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Sugarbush. Its top sits at 1,760 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.

Sugarbear Forest profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sugarbear Forest 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.