Black diamond Mount Sunapee, NH
Upper Hansen Chase drops 180 vertical feet over 992 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 530 feet below the top. That's steeper than 6% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 74 named runs at Mount Sunapee. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 11°, Upper Hansen Chase gets about 97% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Sunapee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Mount Sunapee. Its top sits at 2,240 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.