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Upper Bear Claw

Green Loon Mountain, NH

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical535 ft
Length3,584 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesN
Top2,498 ft

Upper Bear Claw drops 535 vertical feet over 3,584 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 2,290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 57% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 64th steepest of 76 named runs at Loon Mountain. It faces north.

How well Upper Bear Claw holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 9°, Upper Bear Claw gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 56th shadiest named run at Loon Mountain. Its top sits at 2,500 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Upper Bear Claw profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Bear Claw 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.