Green Taos, NM
Rueggli Beginner's Hill drops 127 vertical feet over 1,123 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 10° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 114th steepest of 115 named runs at Taos. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 7°, Rueggli Beginner's Hill gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Taos does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 81st shadiest named run at Taos. Its top sits at 9,480 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.