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Short Cut

Green Bretton Woods, NH

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical49 ft
Length444 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesNE
Top1,733 ft

Short Cut drops 49 vertical feet over 444 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 85th steepest of 95 named runs at Bretton Woods. It faces northeast.

How well Short Cut holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 6°, Short Cut 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 54th shadiest named run at Bretton Woods. Its top sits at 1,730 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.

Short Cut profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Short Cut 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.