Blue Pajarito Mountain, NM
Headache drops 552 vertical feet over 1,552 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 1,290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 42 named runs at Pajarito Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Headache gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pajarito Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Pajarito Mountain. Its top sits at 9,830 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.