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Awesome

Double black (extreme) Sugarloaf, ME

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical226 ft
Length726 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesE
Top3,616 ft

Awesome drops 226 vertical feet over 726 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 570 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 148 named runs at Sugarloaf. It faces east.

How well Awesome holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 19°, Awesome gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarloaf does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Sugarloaf. Its top sits at 3,620 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.

Awesome profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Awesome elsewhere

Nearby at Sugarloaf

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.