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Stump Patch

Blue Arizona Snowbowl, AZ

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical304 ft
Length1,154 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesW
Top10,325 ft

Stump Patch drops 304 vertical feet over 1,154 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 50 named runs at Arizona Snowbowl. It faces west.

How well Stump Patch holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 15°, Stump Patch gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Arizona Snowbowl does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Arizona Snowbowl. Its top sits at 10,330 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.

Stump Patch profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Stump Patch 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.