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Crawford"s Blaze

Blue Bretton Woods, NH

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical785 ft
Length4,049 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top2,662 ft

Crawford"s Blaze drops 785 vertical feet over 4,049 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 95 named runs at Bretton Woods. It faces northeast.

How well Crawford"s Blaze holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 11°, Crawford"s Blaze gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bretton Woods does, December through March. That's shadier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 53rd shadiest named run at Bretton Woods. Its top sits at 2,660 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.

Crawford"s Blaze profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Crawford"s Blaze 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.