Black diamond Shawness Peak, ME
East Slope drops 386 vertical feet over 1,848 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 42 named runs at Shawness Peak. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, East Slope gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Shawness Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Shawness Peak. Its top sits at 930 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.