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Pajarito Mountain

Pajarito Mountain

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Pajarito Mountain Snow Totals
Upcoming Snow Potential
3-Day
0"
5-Day
6"
10-Day
6"
This is About Average for Pajarito Mountain
Pajarito Mountain skiing by month:
Pajarito Mountain
By Month

Core Strengths

Pajarito Mountain
Snow Quality
52.9
Overall
47.3
Travel Ease
43.1
Overall
Overall PAF Score

Overall
Rank

150

Rank in
Region

67

Rank in
State

5

This resort is often compared with:

Taos
Angel Fire
Red River
Pajarito Mountain Snow Quality Across Full Winter
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Pajarito Mountain Snowfall Last 10 Days (inches)

Powder
Forecast

Powder Forecast
ZRANKINGS EXCLUSIVE
Friday
Day
0"
Night
0"
Saturday
Day
0"
Night
0"
Sunday
Day
0"
Night
1"
Monday
Day
2"
Night
3"
Tuesday
Day
0"
Night
0"
True Snow: 160" per year
Snow Quality Rank

111

Accounts for resorts' snow quantity, moisture content, latitude, elevation, and slope aspects.

Dump Potential Rank

190

Pajarito Mountain is ranked No. 190 in North America for its total snowfall during an average season.

Historical Powder Odds
Daily Lottery

% of days with more than 6" of snow

6.0%

Extended Stay

% of months with more than 90" of snow

1.0%

Drought Threat

% of months with less than 30" of snow

55.0%

*Special thanks to Tony Crocker and Bestsnow.net.

Dump Potential Rank

190

Pajarito Mountain is ranked No. 190 in North America for its total snowfall during an average season.

Snow
Quality
Rank

111

Accounts for resorts' snow quantity, moisture content, latitude, elevation, and slope aspects.

Total Snow Score

This score accounts for total snow quantity, its moisture content, the resort's latitude, elevation, and its slope aspects, which affect total snow preservation.

Comparables

Pajarito Mountain

Trail Breakdown

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Vertical Drop

1440 ft

10440 ft
Base Elevation: 9000 ft

Slope Aspects

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A Few Words On The Snow

If you're waiting for a powder day at Pajarito Mountain, then you might have a long wait. Only 6.0% of winter days see more than 6 inches of snowfall, which means, on average, you'll have to spend 10 days or more mining the slopes at Pajarito Mountain to score that one great day. It could be worse, however. You could be muskie fishing.

Skiing at Pajarito Mountain is about getting outside, ripping up the slope, eating chili dogs and getting in as much vertical as you can. It's not about big dumps. And that's okay. This place is about honing your skills for that trip to Snowbird or Alaska. With only 1.0% of months at Pajarito Mountain getting more than 90 inches of snow, this isn't the place to set up your powderhound shack.

Drought Potential

If you're banking on snow and you're boarding a plane for a week at Pajarito Mountain, you should temper your expectations. This is a place where winter drought can grab hold of the weather pattern for long periods, as 55.0% of the winter months here see less than 30 inches of snow.

Getting to Pajarito Mountain, if you're flying in

Driving from the Albequerque airport can cost a traveler more two hours when driving conditions aren't ideal, so its definitely time that you have to budget into your trip, as the 109-minute drive is often enough to keep skiers from getting snow time on their last day in town.