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Beginner Trail II

Green Sandia Peak, NM

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical140 ft
Length846 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNE
Top8,857 ft

Beginner Trail II drops 140 vertical feet over 846 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 49th steepest of 59 named runs at Sandia Peak. It faces northeast.

How well Beginner Trail II holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 10°, Beginner Trail II gets about 85% 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 34th sunniest named run at Sandia Peak. Its top sits at 8,860 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 II profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Beginner Trail II 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.