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La Belle

Black diamond Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical446 ft
Length1,114 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesSE
Top2,058 ft

La Belle drops 446 vertical feet over 1,114 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 840 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 74 named runs at Mont-Sainte-Anne. It faces southeast.

How well La Belle holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 24°, La Belle gets about 130% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mont-Sainte-Anne does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Mont-Sainte-Anne. Its top sits at 2,060 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 Belle profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like La Belle 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.