Black diamond Mt Lemmon, AZ
Lemmon Drop drops 471 vertical feet over 1,210 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 60 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 21 named runs at Mt Lemmon. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 23°, Lemmon Drop gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Lemmon does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Mt Lemmon. Its top sits at 8,980 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.