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Lower Stinger

Blue Loon Mountain, NH

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical117 ft
Length695 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesW
Top1,035 ft

Lower Stinger drops 117 vertical feet over 695 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 64th steepest of 76 named runs at Loon Mountain. It faces west.

How well Lower Stinger holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 10°, Lower Stinger gets about 96% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loon Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Loon Mountain. Its top sits at 1,030 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Lower Stinger profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Stinger elsewhere

Nearby at Loon Mountain

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.