Black diamond Saddleback Maine, ME
NW Pass drops 67 vertical feet over 1,869 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 6% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 60 named runs at Saddleback Maine. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 3°, NW Pass gets about 53% of the winter sun that flat ground at Saddleback Maine does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Saddleback Maine. Its top sits at 3,650 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.