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Meadows

Blue Arizona Snowbowl, AZ

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical307 ft
Length1,284 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSW
Top10,296 ft

Meadows drops 307 vertical feet over 1,284 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 50 named runs at Arizona Snowbowl. It faces southwest.

How well Meadows holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 14°, Meadows gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Arizona Snowbowl does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Arizona Snowbowl. Its top sits at 10,300 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Meadows profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Meadows elsewhere

Nearby at Arizona Snowbowl

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.