Blue Pajarito Mountain, NM
Why Not drops 900 vertical feet over 2,861 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 42 named runs at Pajarito Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 18°, Why Not gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pajarito Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Pajarito Mountain. Its top sits at 10,330 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.