Black diamond Sunday River, ME
Tightwire drops 635 vertical feet over 2,248 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 126 named runs at Sunday River. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 17°, Tightwire gets about 51% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunday River does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Sunday River. Its top sits at 1,810 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.