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North Bambino

Green Sandia Peak, NM

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical203 ft
Length1,027 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top8,986 ft

North Bambino drops 203 vertical feet over 1,027 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 59 named runs at Sandia Peak. It faces northeast.

How well North Bambino holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 11°, North Bambino gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sandia Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Sandia Peak. Its top sits at 8,990 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.

North Bambino profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like North Bambino 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.