Black diamond Waterville Valley, NH
Utter Abandon drops 744 vertical feet over 2,614 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 810 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 65 named runs at Waterville Valley. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 17°, Utter Abandon gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Waterville Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th sunniest named run at Waterville Valley. Its top sits at 2,670 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.