Black diamond Stoneham, QC
La Sapinière drops 652 vertical feet over 3,039 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 2,430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 41 named runs at Stoneham. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 13°, La Sapinière gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stoneham does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th sunniest named run at Stoneham. Its top sits at 1,920 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.