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Red Ryder

Blue Gunstock, NH

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical75 ft
Length378 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSE
Top1,089 ft

Red Ryder drops 75 vertical feet over 378 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 51 named runs at Gunstock. It faces southeast.

How well Red Ryder holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 12°, Red Ryder gets about 122% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gunstock does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Gunstock. 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.

Red Ryder profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Red Ryder 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.