Blue Kissing Bridge, NY
Hemlock drops 243 vertical feet over 1,237 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 720 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 35 named runs at Kissing Bridge. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 11°, Hemlock gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Kissing Bridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th sunniest named run at Kissing Bridge. Its top sits at 1,640 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.