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Grande Allée

Blue Mont Orford, QC

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical848 ft
Length4,616 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSE
Top2,079 ft

Grande Allée drops 848 vertical feet over 4,616 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,380 feet below the top. That's steeper than 52% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 62 named runs at Mont Orford. It faces southeast.

How well Grande Allée holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 11°, Grande Allée gets about 114% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mont Orford does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Mont Orford. Its top sits at 2,080 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.

Grande Allée profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Grande Allée 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.