Black diamond Cranmore Mountain, NH
Black Forest Glades drops 188 vertical feet over 774 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 8% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 54 named runs at Cranmore Mountain. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 14°, Black Forest Glades gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cranmore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd sunniest named run at Cranmore Mountain. Its top sits at 1,340 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.