Double black Arizona Snowbowl, AZ
Big Bowl drops 518 vertical feet over 1,074 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 210 feet below the top. That's steeper than 35% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 50 named runs at Arizona Snowbowl. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 29°, Big Bowl gets about 46% of the winter sun that flat ground at Arizona Snowbowl does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Arizona Snowbowl. Its top sits at 11,740 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.