Blue Waterville Valley, NH
Sun Run drops 134 vertical feet over 620 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 25% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 48th steepest of 65 named runs at Waterville Valley. It faces southeast.
Facing southeast at an average 13°, Sun Run gets about 127% of the winter sun that flat ground at Waterville Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Waterville Valley. Its top sits at 3,440 feet.
Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. 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.