Double black Massif Du Sud, QC
La Surprenante drops 921 vertical feet over 3,740 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 2,590 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 27 named runs at Massif Du Sud. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 15°, La Surprenante gets about 58% of the winter sun that flat ground at Massif Du Sud does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Massif Du Sud. Its top sits at 2,870 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.