Double black Sunday River, ME
North Woods drops 511 vertical feet over 1,584 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 890 feet below the top. That's steeper than 18% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 126 named runs at Sunday River. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 19°, North Woods gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunday River does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd shadiest named run at Sunday River. Its top sits at 1,980 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.