Double black Taos, NM
Walkyries Chute drops 707 vertical feet over 1,615 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 65% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 115 named runs at Taos. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 27°, Walkyries Chute gets about 99% of the winter sun that flat ground at Taos does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Taos. Its top sits at 11,800 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.