Black diamond Loon Mountain, NH
Big Dipper drops 1,128 vertical feet over 3,423 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,090 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 76 named runs at Loon Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 19°, Big Dipper gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st shadiest named run at Loon Mountain. Its top sits at 2,740 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.