Green Loon Mountain, NH
Lower Bear Claw drops 618 vertical feet over 3,017 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 1,050 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 56th steepest of 76 named runs at Loon Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Lower Bear Claw gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd shadiest named run at Loon Mountain. Its top sits at 1,690 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.