Green Pajarito Mountain, NM
West Beginner drops 272 vertical feet over 1,469 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 40 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 42 named runs at Pajarito Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 11°, West Beginner gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pajarito Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th shadiest named run at Pajarito Mountain. Its top sits at 9,520 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.