home of the Pure Awesomeness Factor Better Data, Better Skiing

Louise's Folly

Black diamond Bousquet, MA

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical432 ft
Length2,409 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSE
Top1,801 ft

Louise's Folly drops 432 vertical feet over 2,409 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 1,140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 19 named runs at Bousquet. It faces southeast.

How well Louise's Folly holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 11°, Louise's Folly gets about 115% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bousquet does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Bousquet. Its top sits at 1,800 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.

Louise's Folly profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Louise's Folly 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.