Blue Mt Lemmon, AZ
Prospector drops 122 vertical feet over 473 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 21 named runs at Mt Lemmon. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 15°, Prospector gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Lemmon does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Mt Lemmon. Its top sits at 8,650 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.