Blue Ski Apache, NM
Upper Deep Freeze drops 600 vertical feet over 3,357 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 23% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 45 named runs at Ski Apache. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 10°, Upper Deep Freeze gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Apache does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Ski Apache. Its top sits at 10,820 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.