Blue Sunday River, ME
Rocking Chair drops 359 vertical feet over 1,620 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 910 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 70th steepest of 126 named runs at Sunday River. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, Rocking Chair gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunday River does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th shadiest named run at Sunday River. Its top sits at 1,530 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.