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Upper Cannonball

Black diamond Gunstock, NH

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical140 ft
Length635 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top1,645 ft

Upper Cannonball drops 140 vertical feet over 635 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 51 named runs at Gunstock. It faces northeast.

How well Upper Cannonball holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Upper Cannonball gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gunstock does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd shadiest named run at Gunstock. Its top sits at 1,650 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.

Upper Cannonball profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Cannonball 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.