Blue Taos, NM
Shalako drops 581 vertical feet over 2,586 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 92nd steepest of 115 named runs at Taos. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 13°, Shalako gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Taos does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 73rd shadiest named run at Taos. Its top sits at 11,400 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.