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Nid du Hibou

Black diamond Stoneham, QC

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical243 ft
Length1,607 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesE
Top1,834 ft

Nid du Hibou drops 243 vertical feet over 1,607 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 1,040 feet below the top. That's steeper than 8% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 41 named runs at Stoneham. It faces east.

How well Nid du Hibou holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 9°, Nid du Hibou gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stoneham does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th sunniest named run at Stoneham. Its top sits at 1,830 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.

Nid du Hibou profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Nid du Hibou 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.