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La Bête

Double black Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC

Steepest pitch34°
Vertical374 ft
Length874 ft
Average pitch26°
FacesE
Top1,661 ft

La Bête drops 374 vertical feet over 874 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 74 named runs at Mont-Sainte-Anne. It faces east.

How well La Bête holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 26°, La Bête gets about 121% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mont-Sainte-Anne does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th sunniest named run at Mont-Sainte-Anne. Its top sits at 1,660 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.

La Bête profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like La Bête elsewhere

Nearby at Mont-Sainte-Anne

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.