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Kartwheel

Blue Mount Sunapee, NH

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical232 ft
Length880 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesNE
Top1,967 ft

Kartwheel drops 232 vertical feet over 880 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 74 named runs at Mount Sunapee. It faces northeast.

How well Kartwheel holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 15°, Kartwheel gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Sunapee does, December through March. That's shadier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th shadiest named run at Mount Sunapee. Its top sits at 1,970 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.

Kartwheel profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Kartwheel 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.