Black diamond Loon Mountain, NH
Upper Walking Boss drops 733 vertical feet over 2,140 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 800 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 76 named runs at Loon Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 20°, Upper Walking Boss gets about 48% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loon Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Loon Mountain. Its top sits at 3,040 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.