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Flight School

Unrated Sipapu, NM

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical153 ft
Length929 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNE
Top9,050 ft

Flight School drops 153 vertical feet over 929 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 590 feet below the top. That's steeper than 77% of the 511 unrated runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 44 named runs at Sipapu. It faces northeast.

How well Flight School holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 10°, Flight School gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sipapu does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd shadiest named run at Sipapu. Its top sits at 9,050 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.

Flight School profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Flight School elsewhere

Nearby at Sipapu

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.