Black diamond Cannon Mountain, NH
Middle Hardscrabble drops 656 vertical feet over 2,405 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 1,220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 92 named runs at Cannon Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 16°, Middle Hardscrabble gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cannon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th shadiest named run at Cannon Mountain. Its top sits at 3,260 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.