Black diamond Massif Du Sud, QC
Le Défi drops 525 vertical feet over 2,387 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 2,240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 39% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 27 named runs at Massif Du Sud. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, Le Défi gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Massif Du Sud does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Massif Du Sud. Its top sits at 2,850 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.