Double black Mont Orford, QC
L'Écureuil drops 851 vertical feet over 3,340 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 1,970 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 62 named runs at Mont Orford. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 16°, L'Écureuil gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mont Orford does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Mont Orford. Its top sits at 2,560 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.