Black diamond Le Massif, QC
L'Écore drops 586 vertical feet over 1,637 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 40 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 67 named runs at Le Massif. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, L'Écore gets about 53% of the winter sun that flat ground at Le Massif does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Le Massif. Its top sits at 2,140 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter lidar from Natural Resources Canada. 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.