Blue Arizona Snowbowl, AZ
Southern Belle drops 637 vertical feet over 3,074 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 1,310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 50 named runs at Arizona Snowbowl. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 12°, Southern Belle gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Arizona Snowbowl does, December through March. That's sunnier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th sunniest named run at Arizona Snowbowl. Its top sits at 9,970 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.