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Upper Mambo

Black diamond Turner Mountain, MT

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical682 ft
Length1,608 ft
Average pitch25°
FacesSE
Top5,219 ft

Upper Mambo drops 682 vertical feet over 1,608 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 23 named runs at Turner Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Upper Mambo holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 25°, Upper Mambo gets about 124% of the winter sun that flat ground at Turner Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Turner Mountain. Its top sits at 5,220 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Upper Mambo profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Mambo elsewhere

Nearby at Turner Mountain

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.