Blue Ski Apache, NM
Capitan Heavy drops 469 vertical feet over 1,474 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 600 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 45 named runs at Ski Apache. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 19°, Capitan Heavy gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Apache does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Ski Apache. Its top sits at 10,240 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.