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True Grit

Double black Waterville Valley, NH

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical876 ft
Length2,388 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesSE
Top3,343 ft

True Grit drops 876 vertical feet over 2,388 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 420 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 65 named runs at Waterville Valley. It faces southeast.

How well True Grit holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 22°, True Grit gets about 119% of the winter sun that flat ground at Waterville Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Waterville Valley. Its top sits at 3,340 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.

True Grit profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like True Grit 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.