Blue Bretton Woods, NH
Upper Swoop drops 287 vertical feet over 1,023 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 95 named runs at Bretton Woods. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 16°, Upper Swoop gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bretton Woods does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 40th 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.