Blue Bousquet, MA
Russell Slope drops 149 vertical feet over 739 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 410 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 19 named runs at Bousquet. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Russell Slope gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bousquet does, December through March. That's shadier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Bousquet. Its top sits at 1,320 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.
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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.