Blue Pajarito Mountain, NM
East Confusion drops 605 vertical feet over 1,877 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 1,150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 77% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 42 named runs at Pajarito Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 19°, East Confusion gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pajarito Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th shadiest named run at Pajarito Mountain. Its top sits at 9,580 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.