Black diamond Cannon Mountain, NH
Upper Hardscrabble drops 334 vertical feet over 1,804 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,080 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 56th steepest of 92 named runs at Cannon Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 11°, Upper Hardscrabble gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cannon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th shadiest named run at Cannon Mountain. Its top sits at 3,560 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.