Blue Sipapu, NM
Rufous drops 414 vertical feet over 1,532 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 52% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 44 named runs at Sipapu. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 16°, Rufous gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sipapu does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th shadiest named run at Sipapu. Its top sits at 8,980 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 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.