Black diamond Ski Apache, NM
Elk Liftline drops 939 vertical feet over 3,009 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 45 named runs at Ski Apache. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 18°, Elk Liftline gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Apache does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th shadiest named run at Ski Apache. Its top sits at 10,600 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.
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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.