Black diamond Sandia Peak, NM
Upper Salom drops 180 vertical feet over 545 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 340 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 59 named runs at Sandia Peak. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 19°, Upper Salom gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sandia Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th shadiest named run at Sandia Peak. Its top sits at 9,190 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.