Double black Taos, NM
North Face drops 332 vertical feet over 611 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 44° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 115 named runs at Taos. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 34°, North Face gets about 47% of the winter sun that flat ground at Taos does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Taos. Its top sits at 11,670 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.