Black diamond Sugarloaf, ME
Upper Narrow Gauge drops 1,030 vertical feet over 3,176 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 2,340 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 148 named runs at Sugarloaf. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Upper Narrow Gauge gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarloaf does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd shadiest named run at Sugarloaf. Its top sits at 3,840 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.