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Sassafras

Green Sipapu, NM

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical425 ft
Length3,343 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNE
Top9,061 ft

Sassafras drops 425 vertical feet over 3,343 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 44 named runs at Sipapu. It faces northeast.

How well Sassafras holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 7°, Sassafras gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sipapu does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th shadiest named run at Sipapu. Its top sits at 9,060 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.

Sassafras profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sassafras 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.