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Short Fuse at Angel Fire Resort

Easy · 896 m long with 57 m of vertical, averaging 4° and 7° at its steepest, facing NW.

7°steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
896 mlength
57 mvertical
2973 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Short Fuse is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Short Fuse

Lifts that reach the top: Southwest Flyer (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Chile Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Liberation Park (#3) (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Rakes Rider (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 17 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Chile Express
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Highway (easy)
  4. Ski Baa-Da-Boom (intermediate)
  5. Ski Short Fuse (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Lower La Bajada, Go Round. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Southwest Flyer (1 min), Rakes Rider (1 min).

See Short Fuse on the 3D mapAll runs at Angel Fire Resort
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.