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Stovepipe

Blue Mount Sunapee, NH

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical147 ft
Length985 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNE
Top2,620 ft

Stovepipe drops 147 vertical feet over 985 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 860 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 57th steepest of 74 named runs at Mount Sunapee. It faces northeast.

How well Stovepipe holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 9°, Stovepipe gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Sunapee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd sunniest named run at Mount Sunapee. Its top sits at 2,620 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Stovepipe profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Stovepipe 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.