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Cliff's Cliff

Double black Bretton Woods, NH

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical162 ft
Length516 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesNE
Top2,681 ft

Cliff's Cliff drops 162 vertical feet over 516 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 95 named runs at Bretton Woods. It faces northeast.

How well Cliff's Cliff holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 18°, Cliff's Cliff gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bretton Woods does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 47th shadiest named run at Bretton Woods. Its top sits at 2,680 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.

Cliff's Cliff profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cliff's Cliff elsewhere

Nearby at Bretton Woods

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.