Double black Mont Sutton, QC
Challenge drops 497 vertical feet over 1,492 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 61 named runs at Mont Sutton. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 20°, Challenge gets about 46% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mont Sutton does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Mont Sutton. Its top sits at 2,260 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.