Blue Sugarloaf, ME
Mid-Station X-Cut drops 87 vertical feet over 1,344 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 94th steepest of 148 named runs at Sugarloaf. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 4°, Mid-Station X-Cut gets about 57% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarloaf does, December through March. That's shadier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 50th shadiest named run at Sugarloaf. Its top sits at 3,170 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.
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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.