Blue Red River, NM
True Grit drops 480 vertical feet over 1,378 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 700 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 68 named runs at Red River. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 21°, True Grit 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 15th shadiest named run at Red River. Its top sits at 10,260 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.