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Buffalo

Green Red River, NM

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical40 ft
Length227 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSE
Top10,193 ft

Buffalo drops 40 vertical feet over 227 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 58th steepest of 68 named runs at Red River. It faces southeast.

How well Buffalo holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southeast at an average 10°, Buffalo gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red River does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Red River. Its top sits at 10,190 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Buffalo profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Buffalo elsewhere

Nearby at Red River

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.