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Bodacious

Blue Angel Fire, NM

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical137 ft
Length339 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesNW
Top9,209 ft

Bodacious drops 137 vertical feet over 339 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces northwest.

How well Bodacious holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northwest at an average 24°, Bodacious gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 9,210 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.

Bodacious profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bodacious 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.