Arizona Snowbowl

2,362 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 9,161 ft to a summit of 11,523 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 6 five-hundred-foot bands.

2,362

ft vertical

9,161

ft base

11,523

ft summit

uphill lifts

327

footprint acres

The column

6 bands · base to summit

9,000–9,50050 ac · 10.3° · W498 mm

9,500–10,000123 ac · 15.6° · WSW549 mm

10,000–10,500106 ac · 21.7° · W549 mm

10,500–11,00037 ac · 24.6° · SW575 mm

11,000–11,50011 ac · 27.0° · SW575 mm

11,500–12,0000 ac · 22.3° · SW605 mm

under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation

Bands: 6
All lifts: 6
Lift length: 5.6 km
Steepest band: 27.0°
Operator: —
Coordinates: 35.3302, -111.7043

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal

Band (ft)	Acres	Slope°	Rating	Aspect	Deg	NDJFM mm
9,000–9,500	50	10.3	easier	W	265	498
9,500–10,000	123	15.6	more difficult	WSW	259	549
10,000–10,500	106	21.7	more difficult	W	261	549
10,500–11,000	37	24.6	more difficult	SW	222	575
11,000–11,500	11	27.0	most difficult	SW	226	575
11,500–12,000	0	22.3	more difficult	SW	234	605

Slope and aspect are the Horn 3×3 method on a ~13 m DEM. A band's aspect is the direction of the mean unit vector, not the mean of the angles. NDJFM mm is the PRISM 1991–2020 November–March precipitation normal at that height — liquid equivalent, not snow depth.

How this mountain gets scored

the verification station

Snowslide Canyon SNOTEL (927:AZ:SNTL) is 5.0 km away at 9,720 ft — 1,803 ft below this summit. It reports hourly precipitation, snow water equivalent and temperature at a surveyed elevation, which is the only truth at height that does not have to be interpolated first. Forecasts for this mountain will be scored there, and the score published whether or not it flatters.

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Arizona Snowbowl

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