Black diamond Hunter Mountain, NY
Upper Highlands drops 206 vertical feet over 578 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 54 named runs at Hunter Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 21°, Upper Highlands gets about 46% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hunter Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 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.