Black diamond Ski Apache, NM
Lower Pebbles drops 209 vertical feet over 739 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 690 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 45 named runs at Ski Apache. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 17°, Lower Pebbles gets about 53% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Apache does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Ski Apache. Its top sits at 10,620 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.