Black diamond Cranmore Mountain, NH
The Ledges drops 583 vertical feet over 2,311 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 1,560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 54 named runs at Cranmore Mountain. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 15°, The Ledges gets about 103% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cranmore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd sunniest named run at Cranmore Mountain. Its top sits at 1,650 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.