Blue Red River, NM
Sidewinder drops 344 vertical feet over 1,793 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 68 named runs at Red River. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 11°, Sidewinder gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red River does, December through March. That's shadier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd shadiest named run at Red River. Its top sits at 8,990 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.