Green Pajarito Mountain, NM
Salamander Gully drops 338 vertical feet over 2,269 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 42 named runs at Pajarito Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 9°, Salamander Gully 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 3rd sunniest named run at Pajarito Mountain. Its top sits at 9,590 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.