Black diamond Shawness Peak, ME
Parmalee's drops 200 vertical feet over 631 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 12% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 42 named runs at Shawness Peak. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 19°, Parmalee's gets about 54% of the winter sun that flat ground at Shawness Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Shawness Peak. Its top sits at 1,740 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.