Black diamond Waterville Valley, NH
Lower Sel's Choice drops 429 vertical feet over 1,455 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 15% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 65 named runs at Waterville Valley. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Lower Sel's Choice gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Waterville Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th shadiest named run at Waterville Valley. Its top sits at 2,520 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.