Black diamond Taos, NM
Papa Bear drops 378 vertical feet over 1,133 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 870 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 75th steepest of 115 named runs at Taos. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 20°, Papa Bear gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Taos does, December through March. That's shadier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 72nd shadiest named run at Taos. Its top sits at 10,870 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.