Double black Sunday River, ME
Northern Exposure drops 386 vertical feet over 1,243 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 570 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 126 named runs at Sunday River. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 19°, Northern Exposure gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunday River does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th shadiest named run at Sunday River. Its top sits at 2,000 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.