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Highway

Green Angel Fire, NM

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical557 ft
Length4,546 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNE
Top10,659 ft

Highway drops 557 vertical feet over 4,546 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 4,350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces northeast.

How well Highway holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 7°, Highway gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 67th shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 10,660 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.

Highway profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Highway 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.