Blue Waterville Valley, NH
Higher Ground drops 288 vertical feet over 1,306 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 65 named runs at Waterville Valley. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 13°, Higher Ground gets about 102% of the winter sun that flat ground at Waterville Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Waterville Valley. Its top sits at 2,200 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.
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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.