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Upper Totemoff

Blue Taos, NM

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical342 ft
Length1,369 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesNE
Top11,396 ft

Upper Totemoff drops 342 vertical feet over 1,369 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 96th steepest of 115 named runs at Taos. It faces northeast.

How well Upper Totemoff holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 15°, Upper Totemoff gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Taos does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 82nd 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.

Upper Totemoff profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Totemoff 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.