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La Petite-Rivière

Blue Le Massif, QC

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical1,572 ft
Length6,613 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top2,335 ft

La Petite-Rivière drops 1,572 vertical feet over 6,613 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 6,310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 67 named runs at Le Massif. It faces east.

How well La Petite-Rivière holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 14°, La Petite-Rivière gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Le Massif does, December through March. That's sunnier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th sunniest named run at Le Massif. Its top sits at 2,330 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 Petite-Rivière profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like La Petite-Rivière 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.