Black diamond Red River, NM
Bad Medicine drops 460 vertical feet over 1,370 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 740 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 68 named runs at Red River. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 20°, Bad Medicine gets about 56% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red River does, December through March. That's shadier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Red River. Its top sits at 9,950 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.