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Lower Koessler

Blue Cranmore Mountain, NH

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical110 ft
Length422 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSW
Top1,151 ft

Lower Koessler drops 110 vertical feet over 422 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 210 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 54 named runs at Cranmore Mountain. It faces southwest.

How well Lower Koessler holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 15°, Lower Koessler gets about 136% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cranmore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Cranmore Mountain. Its top sits at 1,150 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.

Lower Koessler profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Koessler 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.