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Upper Stinger

Blue Loon Mountain, NH

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical232 ft
Length1,218 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNW
Top1,267 ft

Upper Stinger drops 232 vertical feet over 1,218 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 960 feet below the top. That's steeper than 52% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 76 named runs at Loon Mountain. It faces northwest.

How well Upper Stinger holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 11°, Upper Stinger gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loon Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Loon Mountain. Its top sits at 1,270 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 Stinger profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper 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.