Black diamond Red River, NM
Sluice Box Glade drops 576 vertical feet over 1,260 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 92% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 68 named runs at Red River. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 28°, Sluice Box Glade gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red River does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Red River. Its top sits at 10,000 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.