Black diamond Loon Mountain, NH
Lower Flume drops 835 vertical feet over 2,556 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 590 feet below the top. That's steeper than 35% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 76 named runs at Loon Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Lower Flume gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Loon Mountain. Its top sits at 2,420 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.