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Upper Timberline

Green Sugarloaf, ME

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical944 ft
Length4,996 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNW
Top4,162 ft

Upper Timberline drops 944 vertical feet over 4,996 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 1,750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 80% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 106th steepest of 148 named runs at Sugarloaf. It faces northwest.

How well Upper Timberline holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 11°, Upper Timberline gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarloaf does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 140th shadiest named run at Sugarloaf. Its top sits at 4,160 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 Timberline profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper 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.