Blue Mount Sunapee, NH
Lower Hansen Chase drops 8 vertical feet over 355 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 340 feet below the top. That's steeper than 25% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 47th steepest of 74 named runs at Mount Sunapee. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 2°, Lower Hansen Chase gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Sunapee does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd shadiest named run at Mount Sunapee. Its top sits at 1,650 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.