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Gun-Hill Road

Blue Hunter Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical484 ft
Length2,179 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top2,219 ft

Gun-Hill Road drops 484 vertical feet over 2,179 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 54 named runs at Hunter Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Gun-Hill Road holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Gun-Hill Road gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hunter Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th sunniest named run at Hunter Mountain. Its top sits at 2,220 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.

Gun-Hill Road profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gun-Hill Road elsewhere

Nearby at Hunter Mountain

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.