Black diamond Ski Apache, NM
Caliente drops 696 vertical feet over 1,695 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 1,240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 45 named runs at Ski Apache. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, Caliente gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Apache does, December through March. That's shadier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Ski Apache. Its top sits at 10,910 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.