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Banshee

Blue Cannon Mountain, NH

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical322 ft
Length1,080 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesNE
Top2,323 ft

Banshee drops 322 vertical feet over 1,080 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 92 named runs at Cannon Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Banshee holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 17°, Banshee gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cannon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 68th shadiest named run at Cannon Mountain. Its top sits at 2,320 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.

Banshee profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Banshee elsewhere

Nearby at Cannon Mountain

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.