Black diamond Bretton Woods, NH
Deception Bowl drops 459 vertical feet over 2,264 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 95 named runs at Bretton Woods. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Deception Bowl gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bretton Woods does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 62nd shadiest named run at Bretton Woods. Its top sits at 2,270 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.