Blue Pajarito Mountain, NM
Mid Confusion drops 628 vertical feet over 1,892 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 890 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 42 named runs at Pajarito Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 19°, Mid Confusion gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pajarito Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Pajarito Mountain. Its top sits at 9,650 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.