Black diamond Waterville Valley, NH
Wayne Wong Way drops 364 vertical feet over 1,158 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 65 named runs at Waterville Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Wayne Wong Way gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Waterville Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Waterville Valley. Its top sits at 2,830 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.