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La Pente Douce

Green Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical468 ft
Length3,883 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNW
Top2,052 ft

La Pente Douce drops 468 vertical feet over 3,883 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 66th steepest of 74 named runs at Mont-Sainte-Anne. It faces northwest.

How well La Pente Douce holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 7°, La Pente Douce gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mont-Sainte-Anne does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 58th sunniest named run at Mont-Sainte-Anne. Its top sits at 2,050 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.

La Pente Douce profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like La Pente Douce 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.