Blue Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC
La Première Neige drops 873 vertical feet over 4,130 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 1,820 feet below the top. That's steeper than 30% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 53rd steepest of 74 named runs at Mont-Sainte-Anne. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, La Première Neige gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mont-Sainte-Anne does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Mont-Sainte-Anne. Its top sits at 2,580 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.