Blue Angel Fire, NM
Gusto Grande drops 642 vertical feet over 3,941 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 3,450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 9°, Gusto Grande gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 63rd shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 9,580 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.