Black diamond Hunter Mountain, NY
The Cliff drops 565 vertical feet over 1,724 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 1,310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 54 named runs at Hunter Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 19°, The Cliff gets about 97% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hunter Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at Hunter Mountain. Its top sits at 3,060 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.