Black diamond Mont Sutton, QC
Surprise drops 765 vertical feet over 2,521 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 1,750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 61 named runs at Mont Sutton. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 18°, Surprise gets about 53% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mont Sutton does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Mont Sutton. Its top sits at 2,700 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.