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La Biche

Blue Stoneham, QC

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical198 ft
Length829 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSE
Top1,592 ft

La Biche drops 198 vertical feet over 829 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 41 named runs at Stoneham. It faces southeast.

How well La Biche holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 14°, La Biche gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stoneham does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Stoneham. Its top sits at 1,590 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

La Biche profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like La Biche elsewhere

Nearby at Stoneham

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter lidar from Natural Resources Canada. 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.