Blue Pajarito Mountain, NM
West Confusion drops 687 vertical feet over 1,948 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 1,170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 42 named runs at Pajarito Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, West Confusion gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pajarito Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Pajarito Mountain. Its top sits at 9,750 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.