Double black Sunday River, ME
Emerald City drops 734 vertical feet over 2,165 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 21% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 126 named runs at Sunday River. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 20°, Emerald City gets about 43% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunday River does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Sunday River. Its top sits at 2,930 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.