Green Ski Apache, NM
Lower Moonshine drops 286 vertical feet over 3,274 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 80 feet below the top. That's steeper than 78% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 45 named runs at Ski Apache. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 5°, Lower Moonshine gets about 99% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Apache does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Ski Apache. Its top sits at 10,100 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.