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Box 612

Blue Mt Lemmon, AZ

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical105 ft
Length719 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesN
Top8,841 ft

Box 612 drops 105 vertical feet over 719 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 700 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 21 named runs at Mt Lemmon. It faces north.

How well Box 612 holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 9°, Box 612 gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Lemmon does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Mt Lemmon. Its top sits at 8,840 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.

Box 612 profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Box 612 elsewhere

Nearby at Mt Lemmon

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.