Black diamond Wildcat Mountain, NH
Middle Catapult drops 347 vertical feet over 1,091 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 49 named runs at Wildcat Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 19°, Middle Catapult gets about 53% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wildcat Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Wildcat Mountain. Its top sits at 3,070 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.