Black diamond Mt Lemmon, AZ
Hot Dawg drops 404 vertical feet over 1,172 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 710 feet below the top. That's steeper than 65% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 21 named runs at Mt Lemmon. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 21°, Hot Dawg gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Lemmon does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Mt Lemmon. Its top sits at 8,890 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.