Black diamond Ski Apache, NM
Wild Onion drops 692 vertical feet over 1,743 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,270 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 45 named runs at Ski Apache. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 23°, Wild Onion gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Apache does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Ski Apache. Its top sits at 11,330 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.