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The Pasture

Green Waterville Valley, NH

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical97 ft
Length787 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesSE
Top1,971 ft

The Pasture drops 97 vertical feet over 787 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 60th steepest of 65 named runs at Waterville Valley. It faces southeast.

How well The Pasture holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 7°, The Pasture gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Waterville Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Waterville Valley. Its top sits at 1,970 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.

The Pasture profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Pasture elsewhere

Nearby at Waterville Valley

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.