Blue Angel Fire, NM
Upper Lucky #7 (Closed) drops 58 vertical feet over 282 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 88 named runs at Angel Fire. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 12°, Upper Lucky #7 (Closed) gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Angel Fire does, December through March. That's shadier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 40th shadiest named run at Angel Fire. Its top sits at 9,200 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.