Black diamond Sunday River, ME
Upper Cut drops 233 vertical feet over 1,111 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 870 feet below the top. That's steeper than 4% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 86th steepest of 126 named runs at Sunday River. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Upper Cut gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunday River does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 62nd shadiest named run at Sunday River. Its top sits at 2,520 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.