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Snowplay Zone

Green Bretton Woods, NH

Steepest pitch4°
Vertical15 ft
Length211 ft
Average pitch4°
FacesNW
Top1,615 ft

Snowplay Zone drops 15 vertical feet over 211 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 4° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 2% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 95th steepest of 95 named runs at Bretton Woods. It faces northwest.

How well Snowplay Zone holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing northwest at an average 4°, Snowplay Zone gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bretton Woods does, December through March. That's sunnier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Bretton Woods. Its top sits at 1,620 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Snowplay Zone profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Snowplay Zone 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.