Black diamond Waterville Valley, NH
Preston's Path drops 254 vertical feet over 761 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 19% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 65 named runs at Waterville Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 20°, Preston's Path gets about 45% of the winter sun that flat ground at Waterville Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Waterville Valley. Its top sits at 3,300 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.