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Parker Trail

Black diamond Bousquet, MA

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical196 ft
Length783 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesNE
Top1,515 ft

Parker Trail drops 196 vertical feet over 783 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 530 feet below the top. That's steeper than 15% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 19 named runs at Bousquet. It faces northeast.

How well Parker Trail holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 15°, Parker Trail gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bousquet does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Bousquet. Its top sits at 1,520 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Parker Trail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Parker Trail 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.