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Wildcat Pitch

Black diamond Wildcat Mountain, NH

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical163 ft
Length509 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesN
Top2,640 ft

Wildcat Pitch drops 163 vertical feet over 509 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 49 named runs at Wildcat Mountain. It faces north.

How well Wildcat Pitch holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 19°, Wildcat Pitch gets about 47% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wildcat Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Wildcat Mountain. Its top sits at 2,640 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.

Wildcat Pitch profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wildcat Pitch elsewhere

Nearby at Wildcat Mountain

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.