Black diamond Waterville Valley, NH
Ruffled Feathers drops 326 vertical feet over 1,308 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 790 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 65 named runs at Waterville Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 15°, Ruffled Feathers gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Waterville Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Waterville Valley. Its top sits at 2,780 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.