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Burnt Mountain Snowfields

Double black Sugarloaf, ME

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical212 ft
Length706 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesN
Top3,596 ft

Burnt Mountain Snowfields drops 212 vertical feet over 706 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 380 feet below the top. That's steeper than 13% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 57th steepest of 148 named runs at Sugarloaf. It faces north.

How well Burnt Mountain Snowfields holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 18°, Burnt Mountain Snowfields gets about 47% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarloaf does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th shadiest named run at Sugarloaf. Its top sits at 3,600 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.

Burnt Mountain Snowfields profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Burnt Mountain Snowfields 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.