Blue Ski Apache, NM
East Meadows drops 660 vertical feet over 2,118 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 45 named runs at Ski Apache. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 18°, East Meadows gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Apache does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Ski Apache. Its top sits at 11,390 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.