Blue Angel Fire, NM
Index drops 120 vertical feet over 797 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 77th steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 9°, Index gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 54th shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 9,800 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.