Black diamond Angel Fire, NM
Sluice Box drops 597 vertical feet over 2,076 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,060 feet below the top. That's steeper than 13% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 17°, Sluice Box gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 10,570 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.