Black diamond Saddleback Maine, ME
Black Beauty drops 849 vertical feet over 2,756 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 60 named runs at Saddleback Maine. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 18°, Black Beauty gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Saddleback Maine does, December through March. That's shadier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th shadiest named run at Saddleback Maine. Its top sits at 3,920 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 USGS lidar. 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.