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Picaroon

Green Sugarloaf, ME

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical110 ft
Length499 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesN
Top2,337 ft

Picaroon drops 110 vertical feet over 499 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 116th steepest of 148 named runs at Sugarloaf. It faces north.

How well Picaroon holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 13°, Picaroon gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarloaf does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 39th shadiest named run at Sugarloaf. Its top sits at 2,340 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.

Picaroon profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Picaroon 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.