Black diamond Saddleback Maine, ME
Professor drops 918 vertical feet over 3,283 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 870 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 60 named runs at Saddleback Maine. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 16°, Professor 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 13th shadiest named run at Saddleback Maine. Its top sits at 3,600 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.