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Jay's Chicken

Black diamond Mt Lemmon, AZ

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical159 ft
Length648 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesN
Top8,792 ft

Jay's Chicken drops 159 vertical feet over 648 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 210 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 21 named runs at Mt Lemmon. It faces north.

How well Jay's Chicken holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 14°, Jay's Chicken gets about 64% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Lemmon does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Mt Lemmon. Its top sits at 8,790 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.

Jay's Chicken profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.