Black diamond Angel Fire, NM
Glory Hole drops 602 vertical feet over 2,246 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 600 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 16°, Glory Hole gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 10,440 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.