Blue Shawness Peak, ME
The Vain drops 236 vertical feet over 718 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 42 named runs at Shawness Peak. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, The Vain gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Shawness Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Shawness Peak. Its top sits at 1,370 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.