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Upper Stub's Trail

Green Sugarloaf, ME

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical405 ft
Length2,848 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesNE
Top2,439 ft

Upper Stub's Trail drops 405 vertical feet over 2,848 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 960 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 110th steepest of 148 named runs at Sugarloaf. It faces northeast.

How well Upper Stub's Trail holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 8°, Upper Stub's Trail gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarloaf does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 131st shadiest named run at Sugarloaf. Its top sits at 2,440 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.

Upper Stub's Trail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Stub's Trail 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.