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New Mexico · lift-served terrain

Angel Fire Resort

2,104 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 8,567 ft to a summit of 10,671 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 5 five-hundred-foot bands.

2,104
ft vertical
8,567
ft base
10,671
ft summit
6
uphill lifts
943
footprint acres

The column

5 bands · base to summit
8,500–9,000103 ac · 16.7° · SW190 mm
9,000–9,500243 ac · 16.0° · SW210 mm
9,500–10,000295 ac · 17.6° · SW233 mm
10,000–10,500264 ac · 24.0° · SSW233 mm
10,500–11,00037 ac · 15.4° · S244 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
5
All lifts
8
Lift length
7.5 km
Steepest band
24.0°
Operator
—
Coordinates
36.3820, -105.2496

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
8,500–9,00010316.7more difficultSW222190
9,000–9,50024316.0more difficultSW228210
9,500–10,00029517.6more difficultSW215233
10,000–10,50026424.0more difficultSSW202233
10,500–11,0003715.4more difficultS182244

Slope and aspect are the Horn 3×3 method on a ~13 m DEM. A band's aspect is the direction of the mean unit vector, not the mean of the angles. NDJFM mm is the PRISM 1991–2020 November–March precipitation normal at that height — liquid equivalent, not snow depth.

How this mountain gets scored

the verification station
Palo SNOTEL (1170:NM:SNTL) is 7.8 km away at 9,330 ft — 1,341 ft below this summit. It reports hourly precipitation, snow water equivalent and temperature at a surveyed elevation, which is the only truth at height that does not have to be interpolated first. Forecasts for this mountain will be scored there, and the score published whether or not it flatters.

Nearby

Taos Ski Valley 29 km Platinum 38 km Millenium 82 km Cuchara Mountain Resort 108 km Pajarito Mountain 116 km

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