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Birch Hook

Green Sugarloaf, ME

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical86 ft
Length748 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesN
Top3,041 ft

Birch Hook drops 86 vertical feet over 748 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 144th steepest of 148 named runs at Sugarloaf. It faces north.

How well Birch Hook holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 7°, Birch Hook gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarloaf does, December through March. That's shadier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 137th shadiest named run at Sugarloaf. Its top sits at 3,040 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.

Birch Hook profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Birch Hook 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.