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80 Acres

Blue Swain Resort, NY

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical247 ft
Length1,012 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesNE
Top1,777 ft

80 Acres drops 247 vertical feet over 1,012 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 35 named runs at Swain Resort. It faces northeast.

How well 80 Acres holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 14°, 80 Acres gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Swain Resort does, December through March. That's shadier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th shadiest named run at Swain Resort. Its top sits at 1,780 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

80 Acres profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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Nearby at Swain Resort

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.