Blue Pajarito Mountain, NM
Gene's Choice drops 422 vertical feet over 2,028 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 42 named runs at Pajarito Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 12°, Gene's Choice gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pajarito Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Pajarito Mountain. Its top sits at 9,870 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.