Blue Red River, NM
Ricochet drops 648 vertical feet over 3,878 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 2,730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 92% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 68 named runs at Red River. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 10°, Ricochet gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red River does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st shadiest named run at Red River. Its top sits at 10,200 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.