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Lower Recoil

Blue Gunstock, NH

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical141 ft
Length1,337 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesNE
Top1,150 ft

Lower Recoil drops 141 vertical feet over 1,337 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 8% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 51 named runs at Gunstock. It faces northeast.

How well Lower Recoil holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 6°, Lower Recoil gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gunstock does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th sunniest named run at Gunstock. Its top sits at 1,150 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Lower Recoil profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Recoil elsewhere

Nearby at Gunstock

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.