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Rattlesnake

Blue Arizona Snowbowl, AZ

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical132 ft
Length710 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNW
Top9,988 ft

Rattlesnake drops 132 vertical feet over 710 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 18% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 50 named runs at Arizona Snowbowl. It faces northwest.

How well Rattlesnake holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 11°, Rattlesnake gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Arizona Snowbowl does, December through March. That's sunnier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th sunniest named run at Arizona Snowbowl. Its top sits at 9,990 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Rattlesnake profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Rattlesnake 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.