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La Desjardins

Blue Le Massif, QC

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical916 ft
Length5,159 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNE
Top2,358 ft

La Desjardins drops 916 vertical feet over 5,159 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 1,060 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 48th steepest of 67 named runs at Le Massif. It faces northeast.

How well La Desjardins holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 10°, La Desjardins gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Le Massif does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 48th sunniest named run at Le Massif. Its top sits at 2,360 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.

La Desjardins profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like La Desjardins 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.