Blue Loon Mountain, NH
Lower Picked Rock drops 1,010 vertical feet over 4,858 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 2,780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 45th steepest of 76 named runs at Loon Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Lower Picked Rock gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th shadiest named run at Loon Mountain. Its top sits at 2,010 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.