Blue Angel Fire, NM
Short Chute (Abandonded) drops 133 vertical feet over 627 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 48th steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Short Chute (Abandonded) gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 53rd shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 8,870 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.