Double black Sunday River, ME
Hard Ball drops 966 vertical feet over 2,511 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 1,020 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 126 named runs at Sunday River. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 23°, Hard Ball gets about 56% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunday River does, December through March. That's shadier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Sunday River. Its top sits at 2,380 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.
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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.