Blue Angel Fire, NM
Bear Glade drops 198 vertical feet over 755 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 15°, Bear Glade gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 9,880 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.