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Herald Square

Green Hunter Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch9°
Vertical79 ft
Length962 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesSE
Top2,125 ft

Herald Square drops 79 vertical feet over 962 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 9° about 880 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 54 named runs at Hunter Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Herald Square holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southeast at an average 5°, Herald Square gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hunter Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Hunter Mountain. Its top sits at 2,130 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Herald Square profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Herald Square 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.