Blue Arizona Snowbowl, AZ
Lower Ridge drops 638 vertical feet over 2,588 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,230 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 50 named runs at Arizona Snowbowl. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 14°, Lower Ridge gets about 99% of the winter sun that flat ground at Arizona Snowbowl does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th sunniest named run at Arizona Snowbowl. Its top sits at 10,890 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.