Blue Waterville Valley, NH
Lower Periphery drops 424 vertical feet over 2,503 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 43rd steepest of 65 named runs at Waterville Valley. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 10°, Lower Periphery gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Waterville Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Waterville Valley. Its top sits at 2,310 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.