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Upper Upper Ramp

Green Sandia Peak, NM

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical64 ft
Length377 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesE
Top10,238 ft

Upper Upper Ramp drops 64 vertical feet over 377 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 59 named runs at Sandia Peak. It faces east.

How well Upper Upper Ramp holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 10°, Upper Upper Ramp gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sandia Peak does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st sunniest named run at Sandia Peak. Its top sits at 10,240 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.

Upper Upper Ramp profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Upper Ramp 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.