Black diamond Arizona Snowbowl, AZ
White Lightning drops 583 vertical feet over 1,250 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 840 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 50 named runs at Arizona Snowbowl. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 28°, White Lightning gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Arizona Snowbowl does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Arizona Snowbowl. Its top sits at 11,380 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.