Black diamond Cannon Mountain, NH
Ridge Run drops 126 vertical feet over 1,186 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 3% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 84th steepest of 92 named runs at Cannon Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 7°, Ridge Run gets about 47% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cannon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th 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.