Black diamond Gunstock, NH
Middle Trigger drops 560 vertical feet over 2,408 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 51 named runs at Gunstock. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 14°, Middle Trigger gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gunstock does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Gunstock. Its top sits at 1,710 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.