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Lower 42nd Street

Blue Hunter Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical237 ft
Length1,048 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSE
Top2,396 ft

Lower 42nd Street drops 237 vertical feet over 1,048 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 54 named runs at Hunter Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Lower 42nd Street holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 13°, Lower 42nd Street gets about 123% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hunter Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Hunter Mountain. Its top sits at 2,400 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.

Lower 42nd Street profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower 42nd Street 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.