Double black Arizona Snowbowl, AZ
Ship Rocks drops 500 vertical feet over 962 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 50 named runs at Arizona Snowbowl. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 32°, Ship Rocks gets about 102% of the winter sun that flat ground at Arizona Snowbowl does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd sunniest named run at Arizona Snowbowl. Its top sits at 11,670 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.