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Ma Bell

Blue Pajarito Mountain, NM

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical378 ft
Length1,381 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesE
Top9,884 ft

Ma Bell drops 378 vertical feet over 1,381 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 78% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 42 named runs at Pajarito Mountain. It faces east.

How well Ma Bell holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 16°, Ma Bell gets about 105% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pajarito Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Pajarito Mountain. Its top sits at 9,880 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Ma Bell profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ma Bell elsewhere

Nearby at Pajarito Mountain

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.