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Beaver Tail

Green Sugarloaf, ME

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical192 ft
Length1,179 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNE
Top2,177 ft

Beaver Tail drops 192 vertical feet over 1,179 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 1,040 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 137th steepest of 148 named runs at Sugarloaf. It faces northeast.

How well Beaver Tail holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 10°, Beaver Tail gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarloaf does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 117th shadiest named run at Sugarloaf. Its top sits at 2,180 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Beaver Tail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Beaver Tail 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.