Green Red River, NM
Cowpokes Cruise drops 485 vertical feet over 3,978 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 3,930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 54th steepest of 68 named runs at Red River. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 7°, Cowpokes Cruise gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red River does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th sunniest named run at Red River. Its top sits at 9,960 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.