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Lower Mile Sweep

Green Swain Resort, NY

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical204 ft
Length1,286 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesN
Top1,522 ft

Lower Mile Sweep drops 204 vertical feet over 1,286 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 35 named runs at Swain Resort. It faces north.

How well Lower Mile Sweep holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 9°, Lower Mile Sweep gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Swain Resort does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd shadiest named run at Swain Resort. Its top sits at 1,520 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.

Lower Mile Sweep profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.