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La Grande-Pointe

Blue Le Massif, QC

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical239 ft
Length1,409 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSE
Top2,593 ft

La Grande-Pointe drops 239 vertical feet over 1,409 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 67 named runs at Le Massif. It faces southeast.

How well La Grande-Pointe holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 10°, La Grande-Pointe gets about 113% of the winter sun that flat ground at Le Massif does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Le Massif. Its top sits at 2,590 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

La Grande-Pointe profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like La Grande-Pointe 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.