Black diamond Hunter Mountain, NY
Hellgate drops 551 vertical feet over 2,084 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 940 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 54 named runs at Hunter Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 15°, Hellgate gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hunter Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Hunter Mountain. Its top sits at 3,090 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.