Double black Saddleback Maine, ME
Governor drops 533 vertical feet over 1,640 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 60 named runs at Saddleback Maine. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 19°, Governor gets about 51% of the winter sun that flat ground at Saddleback Maine does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Saddleback Maine. Its top sits at 3,820 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.