Black diamond Cannon Mountain, NH
Idiot's Delight drops 452 vertical feet over 1,436 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 810 feet below the top. That's steeper than 19% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 92 named runs at Cannon Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 18°, Idiot's Delight gets about 44% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cannon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Cannon Mountain. Its top sits at 2,760 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.