Blue Loon Mountain, NH
Lower Northstar drops 578 vertical feet over 2,070 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 33rd steepest of 76 named runs at Loon Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 16°, Lower Northstar gets about 56% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th shadiest named run at Loon Mountain. Its top sits at 1,600 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.