Black diamond Waterville Valley, NH
The Boneyard drops 387 vertical feet over 1,419 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 21% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 65 named runs at Waterville Valley. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 16°, The Boneyard gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Waterville Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd shadiest named run at Waterville Valley. Its top sits at 2,670 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.