Double black Mont Orford, QC
Nicolas Fontaine drops 421 vertical feet over 1,188 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 630 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 62 named runs at Mont Orford. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Nicolas Fontaine 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 11th shadiest named run at Mont Orford. Its top sits at 1,660 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.