Black diamond Massif Du Sud, QC
La Planche drops 21 vertical feet over 330 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 3% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 27 named runs at Massif Du Sud. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 4°, La Planche gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Massif Du Sud does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Massif Du Sud. Its top sits at 2,010 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.