Black diamond Mt Lemmon, AZ
Powder Monkey drops 178 vertical feet over 657 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 21 named runs at Mt Lemmon. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 16°, Powder Monkey gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Lemmon does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Mt Lemmon. Its top sits at 8,440 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.