Black diamond Ski Apache, NM
Upper Snow Park drops 560 vertical feet over 1,586 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 54% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 45 named runs at Ski Apache. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Upper Snow Park gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Apache does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th shadiest named run at Ski Apache. Its top sits at 10,700 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.