Blue Waterville Valley, NH
Piano Man drops 367 vertical feet over 1,278 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,010 feet below the top. That's steeper than 52% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 65 named runs at Waterville Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 17°, Piano Man gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Waterville Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Waterville Valley. Its top sits at 2,510 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.