Blue Saddleback Maine, ME
The Pass drops 248 vertical feet over 2,663 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 60 named runs at Saddleback Maine. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 6°, The Pass gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Saddleback Maine does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th shadiest named run at Saddleback Maine. Its top sits at 3,340 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.