Black diamond Sandia Peak, NM
Burn drops 123 vertical feet over 351 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 77% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 59 named runs at Sandia Peak. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 21°, Burn gets about 50% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sandia Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Sandia Peak. Its top sits at 9,070 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 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.