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Waterville Valley ski runs

65 named runs · about 18 miles of skiing · 1,820 to 3,820 ft

Green 15% (2.7 mi)Blue 58% (10.3 mi)Black 23% (4.2 mi)Double black 4% (0.7 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

  1. Wayne Wong Way 35°
  2. True Grit 32°
  3. Lower Bobby's Run 31°
  4. Ciao 30°
  5. Gema 29°

Longest

  1. Bourbon Street 3,700 ft
  2. Oblivion 3,600 ft
  3. Governor's Run 3,500 ft
  4. Valley Run 3,300 ft
  5. Ciao 2,800 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Preston's Path 45% sun
  2. Furgal's Forest 51% sun
  3. Clean Shaven 51% sun
  4. Calvert's Crossing 51% sun
  5. Wayne Wong Way 52% sun

Longest greens

  1. Bourbon Street 3,700 ft
  2. Valley Run 3,300 ft
  3. Chandler's Way 2,700 ft
  4. Leroy's Loop 1,200 ft
  5. Stemtation 1,000 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 65 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Wayne Wong Way Black 364 ft 1,158 ft 35° 19° N Excellent
True Grit Double black 876 ft 2,388 ft 32° 22° SE Poor
Lower Bobby's Run Double black 567 ft 1,663 ft 31° 20° E Poor
Ciao Black 852 ft 2,824 ft 30° 18° E Below average
Gema Black 673 ft 1,829 ft 29° 22° E Below average
The Chute Black 546 ft 1,902 ft 29° 17° E Average
Psyched Blue 545 ft 1,969 ft 28° 16° E Below average
Upper Sel's Choice Black 662 ft 2,299 ft 28° 17° NE Good
Lower White Caps Blue 543 ft 2,025 ft 27° 16° E Below average
Furgal's Forest Black 315 ft 973 ft 27° 19° N Excellent
Utter Abandon Black 744 ft 2,614 ft 27° 17° E Average
Psyched Out Black 31 ft 451 ft 26° 4° E Poor
Ruffled Feathers Black 326 ft 1,308 ft 26° 15° N Excellent
Tommy's World Cup Run Black 273 ft 1,137 ft 25° 14° E Average
Pfosi's Folly Black 444 ft 1,690 ft 25° 16° N Excellent
Lower Tippy Blue 394 ft 1,595 ft 25° 14° NE Good
The Boneyard Black 387 ft 1,419 ft 24° 16° NE Good
Tippecanoe Blue 667 ft 2,038 ft 24° 19° NE Excellent
Preston's Path Black 254 ft 761 ft 24° 20° N Excellent
And Tyler Too Blue 565 ft 1,849 ft 24° 18° NE Good
Periphery Blue 732 ft 2,461 ft 24° 17° NE Excellent
Old Tecumseh Blue 385 ft 1,320 ft 24° 17° NE Good
Governor's Run Blue 783 ft 3,479 ft 24° 13° NE Good
Clean Shaven Black 410 ft 1,402 ft 23° 17° N Excellent
Lower Sel's Choice Black 429 ft 1,455 ft 23° 17° NE Good
Calvert's Crossing Blue 328 ft 1,137 ft 23° 17° N Excellent
Exhibition Blue 499 ft 1,985 ft 22° 15° E Below average
Upper Bobby's Run Blue 449 ft 1,582 ft 22° 17° E Below average
Higher Ground Blue 288 ft 1,306 ft 22° 13° E Below average
White Caps Blue 447 ft 1,453 ft 22° 18° NE Average
Piano Man Blue 367 ft 1,278 ft 22° 17° N Excellent
Lower Old Tecumseh Blue 526 ft 2,110 ft 21° 15° NE Average
Oblivion Blue 751 ft 3,581 ft 21° 12° SE Poor
Chandler's Way Green 351 ft 2,671 ft 21° 8° N Good
Stillness Blue 383 ft 2,231 ft 20° 10° NE Average
Rock Island Blue 482 ft 2,662 ft 20° 11° E Below average
Bail Out Blue 90 ft 469 ft 19° 11° E Below average
Ruthie's Run Blue 124 ft 490 ft 19° 15° E Average
Mean Jean's Ravine Blue 137 ft 713 ft 19° 11° N Good
Scramble Blue 378 ft 1,628 ft 19° 14° E Average
Hassle Blue 166 ft 563 ft 19° 17° E Below average
South Street Blue 200 ft 1,081 ft 19° 11° NE Good
Lower Periphery Blue 424 ft 2,503 ft 18° 10° E Below average
Grimes Way Blue 130 ft 845 ft 18° 9° NE Good
Terry's Trail Blue 173 ft 826 ft 18° 12° NE Good
Tree Line Blue 364 ft 1,892 ft 18° 11° E Below average
Tangent Blue 292 ft 1,174 ft 18° 14° NE Excellent
Sun Run Blue 134 ft 620 ft 18° 13° SE Poor
Bourbon Street Green 570 ft 3,677 ft 18° 9° N Good
Main Street Blue 95 ft 601 ft 17° 9° E Below average
No Grit Blue 181 ft 1,005 ft 17° 11° S Poor
Palmer's Way Blue 39 ft 298 ft 17° 8° SE Poor
Sidewinder Blue 100 ft 808 ft 17° 7° NE Good
Siegel Street Blue 152 ft 726 ft 17° 12° NE Good
Upper Valley Run Blue 266 ft 1,316 ft 17° 12° NE Average
Valley Run Green 551 ft 3,302 ft 16° 10° E Average
Baseway Green 107 ft 778 ft 15° 8° NE Average
Lower Stillness Blue 213 ft 1,476 ft 15° 8° N Good
Stemtation Green 159 ft 960 ft 15° 10° NE Average
The Pasture Green 97 ft 787 ft 11° 7° SE Poor
Leroy's Loop Green 154 ft 1,231 ft 11° 7° NE Average
South Street, Chandler's Way Green 9 ft 53 ft 11° 10° NE Average
Revelation Green 72 ft 687 ft 10° 6° NE Below average
Kinderpark Green 29 ft 283 ft 7° 6° SE Poor
Shortcut Blue 6 ft 144 ft 4° 3° NW Average

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.