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St. Bernard

Double black Taos, NM

Steepest pitch44°
Vertical459 ft
Length1,133 ft
Average pitch25°
FacesNE
Top11,662 ft

St. Bernard drops 459 vertical feet over 1,133 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 44° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 115 named runs at Taos. It faces northeast.

How well St. Bernard holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 25°, St. Bernard gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Taos does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 85th shadiest named run at Taos. Its top sits at 11,660 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.

St. Bernard profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like St. Bernard elsewhere

Nearby at Taos

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.