Black diamond Ski Apache, NM
Sunnyside drops 487 vertical feet over 1,625 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 740 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 45 named runs at Ski Apache. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 18°, Sunnyside gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Apache does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Ski Apache. Its top sits at 10,220 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.