Black diamond Shawness Peak, ME
Upper Kancamangus drops 393 vertical feet over 1,582 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 15% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 42 named runs at Shawness Peak. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, Upper Kancamangus gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Shawness Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th shadiest named run at Shawness Peak. Its top sits at 1,710 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.
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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.