Black diamond Red River, NM
Tailings drops 251 vertical feet over 632 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 68 named runs at Red River. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 24°, Tailings gets about 56% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red River does, December through March. That's shadier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Red River. Its top sits at 9,140 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.