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Lower Ridge

Green Mount Sunapee, NH

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical428 ft
Length2,670 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesN
Top1,746 ft

Lower Ridge drops 428 vertical feet over 2,670 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 2,410 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 56th steepest of 74 named runs at Mount Sunapee. It faces north.

How well Lower Ridge holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 9°, Lower Ridge gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Sunapee does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th shadiest named run at Mount Sunapee. Its top sits at 1,750 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.

Lower Ridge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Ridge 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.