Black diamond Gunstock, NH
Lower Recoil Glades drops 357 vertical feet over 1,719 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,060 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 51 named runs at Gunstock. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Lower Recoil Glades gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gunstock does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Gunstock. Its top sits at 1,800 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.