Double black Sunday River, ME
Wizard's Gulch drops 663 vertical feet over 1,927 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 18% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 126 named runs at Sunday River. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 20°, Wizard's Gulch gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunday River does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 57th shadiest named run at Sunday River. Its top sits at 2,750 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.