Blue Ski Apache, NM
Upper Sierra Blanca drops 349 vertical feet over 2,789 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 1,960 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 43rd steepest of 45 named runs at Ski Apache. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 7°, Upper Sierra Blanca gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Apache does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Ski Apache. Its top sits at 11,410 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.