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Beginner Trail I

Green Sandia Peak, NM

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical272 ft
Length1,447 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top8,960 ft

Beginner Trail I drops 272 vertical feet over 1,447 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 59 named runs at Sandia Peak. It faces northeast.

How well Beginner Trail I holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 11°, Beginner Trail I gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sandia Peak does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 35th sunniest named run at Sandia Peak. Its top sits at 8,960 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Beginner Trail I profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Beginner Trail I elsewhere

Nearby at Sandia Peak

Measured by ZRankings from USGS lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). 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.