Double black Sunday River, ME
Gnarnia drops 537 vertical feet over 1,676 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 126 named runs at Sunday River. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 19°, Gnarnia gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunday River does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th sunniest named run at Sunday River. Its top sits at 2,480 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.