Blue Angel Fire, NM
Lower Prospector drops 245 vertical feet over 952 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 43rd steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 15°, Lower Prospector gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 9,640 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.