Blue Waterville Valley, NH
Lower Tippy drops 394 vertical feet over 1,595 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 65 named runs at Waterville Valley. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 14°, Lower Tippy gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Waterville Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th shadiest named run at Waterville Valley. Its top sits at 2,610 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.