When I think of Arizona, I think of melting heat, murderous to snow. I think of cactus, not coniferous trees. Then, I discovered Flagstaff and Arizona Snowbowl. In February , our ski season went on hold for an unexpected detour from Idaho to Southern California to Southwest Arizona.
By March, we found ourselves making our way north again for more skiing and snowboarding. Some resorts were already a mere month away from their closing date. But our goal was to make the most of the remaining season and hit as many partner resorts that offered free days using our Brundage season passes. This included Arizona Snowbowl.
But we had powder days the whole time we were there! On the chairlift, a local commentedβ¦. But after Kyle shared his experience of Agassiz the first day, I decided to give it a try on the second. I was happy to learn no expert moves were required like mandatory air. If we visit again, I want to explore the backcountry from the top of the Agassiz chairlift and view the Grand Canyon and Sedona from the Grand Canyon Express chairlift. Conditions were unfavorable to doing either of these things while we were at Arizona Snowbowl.
There was a lot of congestion driving the surface streets of Flagstaff, and we avoided directions that took us on Interstate 40 since there were slick conditions during our visit.
High rates of speed can be more catastrophic to our mobile home in the event of a collision. There is a sizable shoulder if you need to pull over at any point. Driving North Snow Bowl Road one morning, we came upon a head-on collision shortly after it happened. A storm was passing through dumping six inches of snow on our first day and 11 inches our second day.
