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La Prélude

Green Le Massif, QC

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical235 ft
Length1,426 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSE
Top2,588 ft

La Prélude drops 235 vertical feet over 1,426 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 650 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 63rd steepest of 67 named runs at Le Massif. It faces southeast.

How well La Prélude holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 10°, La Prélude gets about 114% 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 13th 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 Prélude profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like La Prélude 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.