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Summit Glades

Double black Mount Sunapee, NH

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical300 ft
Length1,341 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNW
Top2,601 ft

Summit Glades drops 300 vertical feet over 1,341 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 690 feet below the top. That's steeper than 8% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 74 named runs at Mount Sunapee. It faces northwest.

How well Summit Glades holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 13°, Summit Glades gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Sunapee does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th shadiest named run at Mount Sunapee. Its top sits at 2,600 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.

Summit Glades profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Summit Glades 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.