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Lower Timberline

Green Sugarloaf, ME

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical205 ft
Length1,274 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNW
Top3,219 ft

Lower Timberline drops 205 vertical feet over 1,274 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 920 feet below the top. That's steeper than 81% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 102nd steepest of 148 named runs at Sugarloaf. It faces northwest.

How well Lower Timberline holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 9°, Lower Timberline gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarloaf does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 102nd shadiest named run at Sugarloaf. Its top sits at 3,220 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.

Lower Timberline profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Timberline 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.