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Grande Coulée

Blue Mont Orford, QC

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical1,491 ft
Length7,207 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top2,741 ft

Grande Coulée drops 1,491 vertical feet over 7,207 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 3,910 feet below the top. That's steeper than 77% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 62 named runs at Mont Orford. It faces northeast.

How well Grande Coulée holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Grande Coulée gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mont Orford does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th sunniest named run at Mont Orford. Its top sits at 2,740 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Grande Coulée profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Grande Coulée 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.