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White Nitro

Double black Sugarloaf, ME

Steepest pitch34°
Vertical423 ft
Length946 ft
Average pitch27°
FacesNE
Top3,703 ft

White Nitro drops 423 vertical feet over 946 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 148 named runs at Sugarloaf. It faces northeast.

How well White Nitro holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 27°, White Nitro gets about 38% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sugarloaf does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Sugarloaf. Its top sits at 3,700 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.

White Nitro profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like White Nitro 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.