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Lower Buckboard

Green Sugarloaf, ME

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical252 ft
Length1,882 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesN
Top2,015 ft

Lower Buckboard drops 252 vertical feet over 1,882 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 145th steepest of 148 named runs at Sugarloaf. It faces north.

How well Lower Buckboard holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 8°, Lower Buckboard gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarloaf does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 122nd shadiest named run at Sugarloaf. Its top sits at 2,020 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.

Lower Buckboard profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Buckboard 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.