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La Bomba

Double black Stoneham, QC

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical1,067 ft
Length3,898 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesS
Top1,947 ft

La Bomba drops 1,067 vertical feet over 3,898 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,040 feet below the top. That's steeper than 21% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 41 named runs at Stoneham. It faces south.

How well La Bomba holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 16°, La Bomba gets about 142% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stoneham does, December through March. That's sunnier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Stoneham. Its top sits at 1,950 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 Bomba profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like La Bomba 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.