Blue Sunday River, ME
American Express drops 1,111 vertical feet over 4,316 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 3,610 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 56th steepest of 126 named runs at Sunday River. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, American Express gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunday River does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st shadiest named run at Sunday River. Its top sits at 2,680 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.