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La Combe

Blue Le Massif, QC

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical1,591 ft
Length9,832 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesE
Top1,773 ft

La Combe drops 1,591 vertical feet over 9,832 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 8,940 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 46th steepest of 67 named runs at Le Massif. It faces east.

How well La Combe holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 9°, La Combe gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Le Massif does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th sunniest named run at Le Massif. Its top sits at 1,770 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.

La Combe profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like La Combe elsewhere

Nearby at Le Massif

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.