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Desserres Bas, Lower Desserres

Blue Mont Tremblant, QC

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical554 ft
Length3,249 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesW
Top1,668 ft

Desserres Bas, Lower Desserres drops 554 vertical feet over 3,249 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 75th steepest of 128 named runs at Mont Tremblant. It faces west.

How well Desserres Bas, Lower Desserres holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 10°, Desserres Bas, Lower Desserres gets about 106% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mont Tremblant does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 66th sunniest named run at Mont Tremblant. Its top sits at 1,670 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Desserres Bas, Lower Desserres profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Desserres Bas, Lower Desserres elsewhere

Nearby at Mont Tremblant

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.