Blue Waterville Valley, NH
Mean Jean's Ravine drops 137 vertical feet over 713 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 37th steepest of 65 named runs at Waterville Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 11°, Mean Jean's Ravine gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Waterville Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Waterville Valley. Its top sits at 2,150 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.