Blue Ski Apache, NM
Elk Ridge drops 369 vertical feet over 1,686 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 980 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 45 named runs at Ski Apache. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, Elk Ridge gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Apache does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Ski Apache. Its top sits at 10,590 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.