Blue Sandia Peak, NM
Short Swing drops 243 vertical feet over 997 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 860 feet below the top. That's steeper than 25% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 59 named runs at Sandia Peak. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 14°, Short Swing gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sandia Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Sandia Peak. Its top sits at 9,380 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.