Black diamond Bretton Woods, NH
Upper Express drops 316 vertical feet over 1,071 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 95 named runs at Bretton Woods. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Upper Express gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bretton Woods does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Bretton Woods. Its top sits at 2,890 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.