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Ridge Express

Green Sunday River, ME

Steepest pitch9°
Vertical70 ft
Length811 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesSE
Top1,171 ft

Ridge Express drops 70 vertical feet over 811 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 9° about 550 feet below the top. That's steeper than 15% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 121st steepest of 126 named runs at Sunday River. It faces southeast.

How well Ridge Express holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southeast at an average 5°, Ridge Express gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunday River does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Sunday River. Its top sits at 1,170 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Ridge Express profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ridge Express elsewhere

Nearby at Sunday River

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.