Black diamond Saddleback Maine, ME
Family Secret drops 936 vertical feet over 2,610 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 510 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 60 named runs at Saddleback Maine. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 21°, Family Secret gets about 46% of the winter sun that flat ground at Saddleback Maine does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Saddleback Maine. Its top sits at 3,970 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.