Black diamond Loon Mountain, NH
Rolling Bear drops 231 vertical feet over 862 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 480 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 76 named runs at Loon Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 16°, Rolling Bear gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loon Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Loon Mountain. Its top sits at 1,730 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.
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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.