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Upper Ridge

Blue Mount Sunapee, NH

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical956 ft
Length5,746 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNW
Top2,702 ft

Upper Ridge drops 956 vertical feet over 5,746 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 3,680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 30% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 41st steepest of 74 named runs at Mount Sunapee. It faces northwest.

How well Upper Ridge holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 10°, Upper Ridge gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Sunapee does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th shadiest named run at Mount Sunapee. Its top sits at 2,700 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.

Upper Ridge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper 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.