Blue Sunday River, ME
Cascades drops 949 vertical feet over 3,625 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 1,990 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 48th steepest of 126 named runs at Sunday River. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, Cascades gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunday River does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th shadiest named run at Sunday River. Its top sits at 2,110 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.