Steep List

[highpeaksdrifter]

I've seen this list before, but I'm not sure if it was posted here. Anyways I copied it from Epic.

Ovation at Killington (24 degrees, actually):
Paradise at MRG - 32.5 degrees
Tramline at Cannon - 28.1 degrees
White Nitro, Sugarloaf - 29.5 degree
Starr @ Stowe - 31.1 degrees
Castle Rock @ Sugarbush - 21.3 degrees
Whiteface Slides @ whiteface - 36.3 degrees
Denton Hill's (PA) triple diamond run - 27.7 degrees
Goat @ Stowe - 33.6 degrees
Robin's Run @ Smuggs - 29.8 degrees
Outer Limits @ Killington - 28.5 degrees
Devils Fiddle @ Killington - 25 degrees
Ripcord @ Mt. Snow - 27.4 degrees
Tuckerman's Ravine, NH (steepest I could find) - 45.3 degrees (damm!)
Dynamite @ Tremblant - 28 degrees
Black Hole @ Smuggs - 31.0 degrees
Ovation (lower section) @ Killington - 30.7 degrees
KT-22 East Chutes @ Squaw - 41 degrees
Huevos Grande @ Mammoth - 52.3 degrees (wicked steep)
51-50 @ PCMR - 47.9 degrees (and everyone says PCMR isn't steep)
Main Baldy Chute @ Alta - 44 degrees (but it's a dry steep)
Extrovert @ Blue Knob - 28.5 degrees
High Rustler @ Alta - 44.3 degrees
Great Scott @ Snowbird - 46.5 degrees
Upper Cirque @ Snowbird - 40.5 degrees
Peruvian @ Snowbird - 32.9 degrees
Under Powderhorn lift @ Solitude - 42.8 degrees
Under 9990 @ The Canyons - 29 degrees
Square Top @ The Canyons - 41.0 degrees
Upper Big Emma (Green Run!) @ Snowbird - 25.3 degrees!
Rumble @ Sugarbush - 27.9 degrees
Pitch Pine @ King Pine - 21.1 Degrees

Tuckerman Ravine Routes:
1 - 38.7 degrees
2 - 44.0 degrees
3 - 44.6 degrees
4 - 48.1 degrees
5 - 48.3 degrees
6 - 46.8 degrees
7 - 43.5 degrees
8 - 42.8 degrees
9 - 31.4 degrees
10- 30.3 degrees

Lower Wildcat @ Laurel Mountain (PA) - 28.1 degrees
Tower Three Chute @ JH - 43.1 degrees
Blowhole (Whistler/Blackcomb) - couldn't find it on the map
Rumor @ Gore - 28.9 degrees
Gunbarrel @ Heavenly, on the steepest pitch (a 136' section) is 31.6 degrees.
Palisades @ Squaw - 45.5 degrees (steepest section I could find - 205' long)

 

[deadheadskier]

Are these for the entire lenght of the trails or just the headwalls on them?

 

[Greg]

I would be interested to know what that steep final pitch on Redline at Magic is. It's only a couple hundred feet of vertical, but it really surprised me how steep that stretch is. It's got to be around 30 degrees.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Are these for the entire lenght of the trails or just the headwalls on them?

Again copied from Epic:

I believe he is some kind of geographic info systems analyst and used Google Earth to derive the degree of steepness for what he perceived to be the steepest stretch with over a couple hundred yards length on well known ski trails around the country.

 

[Newpylong]

This list not accurate if Ripcord at Mount Sneaux is listed as less steep than the other listed Eastern runs...

 

[millerm277]

I wonder what the numbers would be on some of Hunter's runs.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

I wonder what the numbers would be on some of Hunter's runs.

I wonder about others at WF which are also steep. I haven't had much luck on Goggle.

 

[deadheadskier]

This list not accurate if Ripcord at Mount Sneaux is listed as less steep than the other listed Eastern runs...

for real? you think it's steeper than all the other trails listed from the east?

 

[marcski]

I think the numbers represent the entire length of the ski trail. If you look at the list, ovation at k is listed as 24 degrees, but further down the list, it has Lower Ovation as being as 30.7.

The top 1/2-2/3's of ripcord at mt. snow is not steep. Only that headwall is steep. So, on avg. the 27.4 number for ripcord is probably correct.

 

[awf170]

Here is the list I made last year if anyone is interested.

Freefall, Smuggs: 31 degrees for 300 ft. vertical
Goat, Stowe: 28 degrees for 400 ft. of vertical
Goat woods, Stowe: 39 degrees for 400 ft. of vertical
Upper Wildcat, Wildcat: 27 degrees for 400 ft. of vertical
Black Cat, Wildcat: 22 degrees for 400 ft. of vertical
East Snowfields, Mt. Washington: 30 degrees for 600 ft. of vertical
Main Gully, Gulf of Slides: 34 degrees for 800 ft. of vertical
White Nitro, Sugarloaf: 28 degrees for 400 ft. of vertical
Tight Line, Saddleback: 26 degrees for 300 ft. of vertical
Paradise, Mad River Glen: 37 degrees for 300 ft. of vertical
Black Diamond, Sugarbush: 30 degrees for 300 ft. of vertical
Ovation, Killington: 31 degrees for 300 ft. of vertical
Devils Fiddle, Killington: 31 degrees for 300 ft. of verical
Outer Limits, Killington: 29.5 degrees for 400 ft. of vertical and 23.5 degrees for 1,000 ft. of vertical
Hurricane, Pats Peak: 26.5 degrees for 200 ft. of vertical
Tims Trauma, Attitash: 22 degrees for 400 ft. of vertical
Superstar, Killington: 26 degrees for 300 ft. of vertical
White Heat, Sunday River: 24 degrees for 500 ft. of vertical

 

[gladerider]

tremblant's dynamite is listed at 43.

 

[Greg]

Here is the list I made last year if anyone is interested.

Freefall, Smuggs: 31 degrees for 300 ft. vertical
Goat, Stowe: 28 degrees for 400 ft. of vertical
Goat woods, Stowe: 39 degrees for 400 ft. of vertical
Upper Wildcat, Wildcat: 27 degrees for 400 ft. of vertical
Black Cat, Wildcat: 22 degrees for 400 ft. of vertical
East Snowfields, Mt. Washington: 30 degrees for 600 ft. of vertical
Main Gully, Gulf of Slides: 34 degrees for 800 ft. of vertical
White Nitro, Sugarloaf: 28 degrees for 400 ft. of vertical
Tight Line, Saddleback: 26 degrees for 300 ft. of vertical
Paradise, Mad River Glen: 37 degrees for 300 ft. of vertical
Black Diamond, Sugarbush: 30 degrees for 300 ft. of vertical
Ovation, Killington: 31 degrees for 300 ft. of vertical
Devils Fiddle, Killington: 31 degrees for 300 ft. of verical
Outer Limits, Killington: 29.5 degrees for 400 ft. of vertical and 23.5 degrees for 1,000 ft. of vertical
Hurricane, Pats Peak: 26.5 degrees for 200 ft. of vertical
Tims Trauma, Attitash: 22 degrees for 400 ft. of vertical
Superstar, Killington: 26 degrees for 300 ft. of vertical
White Heat, Sunday River: 24 degrees for 500 ft. of vertical

I thought you did Gunbarrel at Sundown and a few in the Berks as well?

 

[Puck it]

Mushroom Chutes and Toilet Bowl at JHMR are ~45 degrees. They are to the right and left of Tower 3 Chute. They hold the snow much better and they have trees. Much better then T3 chute. Expert Chutes are about 40 to 45 degrees also.


Avalanche at Cannon approach, I think 35 degrees in spots if I remeber right.

 

[AdironRider]

I dont know if Toilet and Mushroom are 45 degrees, but low 40's for sure. That part of the hill is what sealed the deal for my move to Jackson on SUnday, hell the entire Thunder lift really sealed the deal.

 

[Puck it]

Tower 3 as stated above is 43 degrees. Shrooms and TB are at least 43 degrees. They are on the same ridge.

 

[koreshot]

I have skied mushroom and they did seem rather steep. Probably steeper than anything I tried in bounds at JHMR, with the exception of the top of Corbets.

 

[BushMogulMaster]

Rumble is quite a bit more than 27 degrees for a stretch.

I don't believe that their system for deriving pitches is very accurate, based on those numbers. For example, Castlerock Run is obviously more than 21 degrees for a long time. The headwall on Devil's Fiddle is quite a bit steeper than Outer Limits. etc. I don't buy it.

 

[campgottagopee]

Huevos Grande @ Mammoth - 52.3 degrees (wicked steep)

Anyone ever ski that?????? Wowzers that's a steep one. I've skied the majority of the east coast stuff on that list, but that's a steepy for sure!!!!

 

[BushMogulMaster]

Okay, here's a list of the pitches for the steepest 300 foot section of the advanced/expert trails at Mt. Ellen:

Black Diamond - 33 degrees
FIS - 31 degrees
Exterminator - 29 degrees
Bravo - 28 degrees
Hammerhead - 28 degrees
Lower FIS - 27 degrees
Cliffs - 26 degrees
Tumbler - 25 degrees
Encore - 25 degrees
Spinout - 24 degrees

 

[ajl50]

Which slide are they measuring?

I also don't know that high rustler is 44+ while the slides are only 36 %. High rustler doesn't seem that steep. Hell it doesn't seem steeper than parts of upper cloudspin...perhaps its the exposure on whiteface and snow conditions that make me feel this way.