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Chipmunk

Blue Mount Sunapee, NH

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical911 ft
Length4,274 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNW
Top2,235 ft

Chipmunk drops 911 vertical feet over 4,274 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 74 named runs at Mount Sunapee. It faces northwest.

How well Chipmunk holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 12°, Chipmunk gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Sunapee does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Mount Sunapee. Its top sits at 2,230 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.

Chipmunk profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Chipmunk elsewhere

Nearby at Mount Sunapee

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.