Blue Loon Mountain, NH
Upper Picked Rock drops 670 vertical feet over 3,082 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 2,070 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 76 named runs at Loon Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, Upper Picked Rock gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 47th shadiest named run at Loon Mountain. Its top sits at 2,570 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.