Double black Saddleback Maine, ME
Nightmare drops 664 vertical feet over 2,036 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 1,620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 10% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 60 named runs at Saddleback Maine. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Nightmare gets about 47% of the winter sun that flat ground at Saddleback Maine does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Saddleback Maine. Its top sits at 3,790 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.