Blue Hunter Mountain, NY
Empire Trail drops 243 vertical feet over 895 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 54 named runs at Hunter Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 16°, Empire Trail gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hunter Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Hunter Mountain. Its top sits at 2,100 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.