Blue Hunter Mountain, NY
Rip's Return drops 556 vertical feet over 1,856 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 54 named runs at Hunter Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 18°, Rip's Return gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hunter Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Hunter Mountain. Its top sits at 2,310 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.