Blue Sipapu, NM
Thinder Bunny drops 142 vertical feet over 497 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 57% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 44 named runs at Sipapu. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 17°, Thinder Bunny gets about 56% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sipapu does, December through March. That's shadier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Sipapu. Its top sits at 8,480 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.