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Waterfall

Black diamond Sugarbush, VT

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical204 ft
Length610 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesSE
Top2,295 ft

Waterfall drops 204 vertical feet over 610 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 120 named runs at Sugarbush. It faces southeast.

How well Waterfall holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 20°, Waterfall gets about 124% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarbush does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Sugarbush. Its top sits at 2,300 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.

Waterfall profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.