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Pine Slope

Blue Shawness Peak, ME

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical567 ft
Length2,338 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesN
Top1,112 ft

Pine Slope drops 567 vertical feet over 2,338 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 1,800 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 42 named runs at Shawness Peak. It faces north.

How well Pine Slope holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 14°, Pine Slope gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Shawness Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th shadiest named run at Shawness Peak. Its top sits at 1,110 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.

Pine Slope profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Pine Slope 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.