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Moon Shadow

Green Red River, NM

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical199 ft
Length1,883 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesSE
Top10,159 ft

Moon Shadow drops 199 vertical feet over 1,883 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 740 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 63rd steepest of 68 named runs at Red River. It faces southeast.

How well Moon Shadow holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 6°, Moon Shadow gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red River does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Red River. Its top sits at 10,160 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.

Moon Shadow profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Moon Shadow 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.