Black diamond Le Massif, QC
L'Abattis drops 515 vertical feet over 2,160 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,000 feet below the top. That's steeper than 15% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 67 named runs at Le Massif. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 14°, L'Abattis gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Le Massif does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Le Massif. Its top sits at 2,320 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.