Black diamond Angel Fire, NM
Minder Binder drops 400 vertical feet over 1,149 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 600 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Minder Binder gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 10,480 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.