Blue Angel Fire, NM
Arriba drops 360 vertical feet over 1,992 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 860 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 40th steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 11°, Arriba gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 10,220 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.