Blue Angel Fire, NM
Short Cut drops 121 vertical feet over 969 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 10% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 68th steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 7°, Short Cut gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 10,050 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.