Black diamond Hunter Mountain, NY
Upper Hemlocks drops 214 vertical feet over 750 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 8% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 54 named runs at Hunter Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 17°, Upper Hemlocks gets about 51% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hunter Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Hunter Mountain. Its top sits at 2,350 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.