Blue Red River, NM
Snappers drops 292 vertical feet over 847 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 68 named runs at Red River. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 20°, Snappers gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red River does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Red River. Its top sits at 9,160 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.