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Alouette

Blue Mont Sutton, QC

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical824 ft
Length4,196 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesN
Top2,157 ft

Alouette drops 824 vertical feet over 4,196 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 2,460 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 37th steepest of 61 named runs at Mont Sutton. It faces north.

How well Alouette holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 11°, Alouette gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mont Sutton does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th shadiest named run at Mont Sutton. Its top sits at 2,160 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.

Alouette profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Alouette elsewhere

Nearby at Mont Sutton

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.