Black diamond Arizona Snowbowl, AZ
Upper Ridge drops 697 vertical feet over 2,116 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 50 named runs at Arizona Snowbowl. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 19°, Upper Ridge gets about 97% of the winter sun that flat ground at Arizona Snowbowl does, December through March. That's sunnier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th sunniest named run at Arizona Snowbowl. Its top sits at 11,520 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.