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Herb's Secret

Blue Bretton Woods, NH

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical570 ft
Length2,875 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top2,431 ft

Herb's Secret drops 570 vertical feet over 2,875 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 230 feet below the top. That's steeper than 13% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 73rd steepest of 95 named runs at Bretton Woods. It faces northeast.

How well Herb's Secret holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Herb's Secret gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bretton Woods does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th shadiest named run at Bretton Woods. Its top sits at 2,430 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.

Herb's Secret profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Herb's Secret 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.