Black diamond Cannon Mountain, NH
Dragon's Drop drops 693 vertical feet over 2,168 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 1,200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 40th steepest of 92 named runs at Cannon Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Dragon's Drop gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cannon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th shadiest named run at Cannon Mountain. Its top sits at 2,630 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.