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The Horn

Blue Shawness Peak, ME

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical128 ft
Length573 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top1,397 ft

The Horn drops 128 vertical feet over 573 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 37th steepest of 42 named runs at Shawness Peak. It faces northeast.

How well The Horn holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 13°, The Horn gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Shawness Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st shadiest named run at Shawness Peak. Its top sits at 1,400 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.

The Horn profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Horn 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.