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East Glades

Double black Shawness Peak, ME

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical151 ft
Length541 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesE
Top1,414 ft

East Glades drops 151 vertical feet over 541 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 4% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 42 named runs at Shawness Peak. It faces east.

How well East Glades holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 16°, East Glades gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Shawness Peak does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Shawness Peak. Its top sits at 1,410 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

East Glades profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like East Glades elsewhere

Nearby at Shawness Peak

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.