Black diamond Sandia Peak, NM
Little Suicide drops 104 vertical feet over 334 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 59 named runs at Sandia Peak. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Little Suicide gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sandia Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Sandia Peak. Its top sits at 8,890 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.