Blue Waterville Valley, NH
Tangent drops 292 vertical feet over 1,174 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 360 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 46th steepest of 65 named runs at Waterville Valley. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 14°, Tangent gets about 60% of the winter sun that flat ground at Waterville Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Waterville Valley. Its top sits at 3,420 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.