Black diamond Ski Apache, NM
Mescalero drops 751 vertical feet over 1,816 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 710 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 45 named runs at Ski Apache. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 25°, Mescalero gets about 54% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Apache does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Ski Apache. Its top sits at 10,950 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.