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Alley

Blue Angel Fire, NM

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical136 ft
Length904 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNE
Top10,632 ft

Alley drops 136 vertical feet over 904 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 830 feet below the top. That's steeper than 9% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 71st steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces northeast.

How well Alley holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 9°, Alley gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 68th shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 10,630 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.

Alley profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Alley elsewhere

Nearby at Angel Fire

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.