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Cibola Ridge

Green Sandia Peak, NM

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical256 ft
Length1,520 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNE
Top9,055 ft

Cibola Ridge drops 256 vertical feet over 1,520 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 1,250 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 Cibola Ridge holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 10°, Cibola Ridge gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sandia Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th shadiest named run at Sandia Peak. Its top sits at 9,060 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.

Cibola Ridge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cibola Ridge 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.