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Walt's Woods

Blue Sugarbush, VT

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical138 ft
Length640 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSE
Top2,209 ft

Walt's Woods drops 138 vertical feet over 640 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 20 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 120 named runs at Sugarbush. It faces southeast.

How well Walt's Woods holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 13°, Walt's Woods gets about 156% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarbush does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Sugarbush. Its top sits at 2,210 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.

Walt's Woods profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Walt's 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.