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Gibson Pitch

Black diamond Cranmore Mountain, NH

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical236 ft
Length891 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesSE
Top1,564 ft

Gibson Pitch drops 236 vertical feet over 891 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 54 named runs at Cranmore Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Gibson Pitch holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 16°, Gibson Pitch gets about 134% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cranmore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Cranmore Mountain. Its top sits at 1,560 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Gibson Pitch profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gibson Pitch elsewhere

Nearby at Cranmore Mountain

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.