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Drifter

Green Bousquet, MA

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical335 ft
Length2,571 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesE
Top1,504 ft

Drifter drops 335 vertical feet over 2,571 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 1,530 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 19 named runs at Bousquet. It faces east.

How well Drifter holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 8°, Drifter gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bousquet does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Bousquet. Its top sits at 1,500 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Drifter profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Drifter elsewhere

Nearby at Bousquet

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.