Black diamond Saddleback Maine, ME
Golden Smelt drops 616 vertical feet over 2,425 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 60 named runs at Saddleback Maine. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 15°, Golden Smelt gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Saddleback Maine does, December through March. That's shadier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Saddleback Maine. Its top sits at 3,230 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.