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West Mountain Crosscut

Green Sugarloaf, ME

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical308 ft
Length3,263 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesNE
Top1,925 ft

West Mountain Crosscut drops 308 vertical feet over 3,263 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 2,710 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 138th steepest of 148 named runs at Sugarloaf. It faces northeast.

How well West Mountain Crosscut holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 6°, West Mountain Crosscut gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarloaf does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 126th shadiest named run at Sugarloaf. Its top sits at 1,920 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.

West Mountain Crosscut profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like West Mountain Crosscut 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.