Black diamond Angel Fire, NM
Silver Chute drops 812 vertical feet over 2,554 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 1,160 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 northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 19°, Silver Chute gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 10,680 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.