Black diamond Le Massif, QC
La Pioché drops 631 vertical feet over 2,815 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 1,360 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 67 named runs at Le Massif. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 14°, La Pioché 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 30th sunniest named run at Le Massif. Its top sits at 1,540 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.
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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.