Blue Gunstock, NH
Upper Smith drops 136 vertical feet over 944 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 600 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 51 named runs at Gunstock. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 8°, Upper Smith gets about 99% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gunstock does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Gunstock. Its top sits at 1,360 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.