Blue Angel Fire, NM
Malpais drops 160 vertical feet over 1,793 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 9° about 870 feet below the top. That's steeper than 2% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 85th steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 5°, Malpais gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 9,580 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.
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.