Black diamond Le Massif, QC
La Couillon drops 784 vertical feet over 2,756 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 900 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 67 named runs at Le Massif. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, La Couillon gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Le Massif does, December through March. That's shadier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Le Massif. Its top sits at 1,810 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.