Black diamond Cannon Mountain, NH
Taft Training Slope drops 788 vertical feet over 2,492 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 92 named runs at Cannon Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Taft Training Slope gets about 51% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cannon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Cannon Mountain. Its top sits at 2,660 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.