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Lower Schneider

Blue Cranmore Mountain, NH

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical164 ft
Length745 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesS
Top1,312 ft

Lower Schneider drops 164 vertical feet over 745 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 54 named runs at Cranmore Mountain. It faces south.

How well Lower Schneider holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 13°, Lower Schneider 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 6th sunniest named run at Cranmore Mountain. Its top sits at 1,310 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 Schneider profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Schneider 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.