Black diamond Angel Fire, NM
El Sol drops 1,123 vertical feet over 4,723 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 320 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 14°, El Sol gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 10,670 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.