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Descente

Blue Mont Orford, QC

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical128 ft
Length446 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesE
Top1,875 ft

Descente drops 128 vertical feet over 446 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 62 named runs at Mont Orford. It faces east.

How well Descente holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 17°, Descente gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mont Orford does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Mont Orford. Its top sits at 1,870 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.

Descente profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Descente elsewhere

Nearby at Mont Orford

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.