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Caprice

Blue Mont Sutton, QC

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical421 ft
Length1,971 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesN
Top2,119 ft

Caprice drops 421 vertical feet over 1,971 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 1,320 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 47th steepest of 61 named runs at Mont Sutton. It faces north.

How well Caprice holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 12°, Caprice gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mont Sutton does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Mont Sutton. Its top sits at 2,120 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.

Caprice profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Caprice 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.