Blue Sunday River, ME
Northern Lights drops 1,086 vertical feet over 4,125 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 3,380 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 33rd steepest of 126 named runs at Sunday River. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, Northern Lights gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunday River does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th shadiest named run at Sunday River. Its top sits at 2,760 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.