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Upper Beginner's Luck

Green Cranmore Mountain, NH

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical143 ft
Length1,353 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesSW
Top1,089 ft

Upper Beginner's Luck drops 143 vertical feet over 1,353 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 1,310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 50th steepest of 54 named runs at Cranmore Mountain. It faces southwest.

How well Upper Beginner's Luck holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 6°, Upper Beginner's Luck gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cranmore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th sunniest named run at Cranmore Mountain. Its top sits at 1,090 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.

Upper Beginner's Luck profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Beginner's Luck 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.