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Thumper (Abandonded)

Blue Angel Fire, NM

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical249 ft
Length1,457 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNE
Top8,894 ft

Thumper (Abandonded) drops 249 vertical feet over 1,457 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 1,180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces northeast.

How well Thumper (Abandonded) holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 10°, Thumper (Abandonded) gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's sunnier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th sunniest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 8,890 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.

Thumper (Abandonded) profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Thumper (Abandonded) elsewhere

Nearby at Angel Fire

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.