Double black Taos, NM
Thunderbird drops 612 vertical feet over 1,195 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 80 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 115 named runs at Taos. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 31°, Thunderbird gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Taos does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 75th shadiest named run at Taos. Its top sits at 11,710 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.