Black diamond Ski Apache, NM
Top drops 170 vertical feet over 475 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 45 named runs at Ski Apache. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 21°, Top gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Apache does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd shadiest named run at Ski Apache. Its top sits at 10,210 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.