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Moon Star, La Belle

Green Red River, NM

Steepest pitch8°
Vertical4 ft
Length66 ft
Average pitch3°
FacesSE
Top10,147 ft

Moon Star, La Belle drops 4 vertical feet over 66 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 8° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 10% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 68th steepest of 68 named runs at Red River. It faces southeast.

How well Moon Star, La Belle holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southeast at an average 3°, Moon Star, La Belle gets about 107% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red River does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Red River. Its top sits at 10,150 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 Star, La Belle profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Moon Star, La Belle 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.