Blue Red River, NM
Bear Trap drops 290 vertical feet over 818 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 68 named runs at Red River. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Bear Trap gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red River does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th shadiest named run at Red River. Its top sits at 9,070 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.