Black diamond Ski Apache, NM
Lincoln Liftline drops 1,295 vertical feet over 5,186 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,460 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 45 named runs at Ski Apache. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, Lincoln Liftline gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Apache does, December through March. That's sunnier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Ski Apache. Its top sits at 11,100 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.