Double black Pajarito Mountain, NM
Little Mother drops 409 vertical feet over 1,098 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 42 named runs at Pajarito Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 22°, Little Mother gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pajarito Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd shadiest named run at Pajarito Mountain. Its top sits at 10,430 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.