Black diamond Loon Mountain, NH
Upper Northstar drops 385 vertical feet over 1,466 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 23% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 76 named runs at Loon Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 16°, Upper Northstar gets about 54% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Loon Mountain. Its top sits at 1,980 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.