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Kennedy Drive

Blue Hunter Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical353 ft
Length1,459 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesNE
Top2,169 ft

Kennedy Drive drops 353 vertical feet over 1,459 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 940 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 54 named runs at Hunter Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Kennedy Drive holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 14°, Kennedy Drive gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hunter Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd shadiest named run at Hunter Mountain. Its top sits at 2,170 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.

Kennedy Drive profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Kennedy Drive 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.