Double black Taos, NM
Hidalgo drops 320 vertical feet over 540 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 340 feet below the top. That's steeper than 78% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 115 named runs at Taos. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 36°, Hidalgo gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Taos does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Taos. Its top sits at 11,980 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.