Mount Lemmon Ski Valley

Rank in Arizona: #407of 727 ranked
Overall score: Score 38.0 out of 100medium confidence
Most looked up: Januaryby Wikipedia readers
Category: Landmark

Mount Lemmon Ski Valley is a ski area on the slopes of Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, and the southernmost ski destination in the continental United States. It lies within the Coronado National Forest near the village of Summerhaven and is reached by the Catalina Highway. The summit stands at 9,157 feet and receives about 180 inches of snow a year. Winter storms are frequent and the season usually runs from mid-December to April, with temperatures between 20 and 50 °F. The runs are not groomed.

Where it is

Mount Lemmon Ski Valley is a landmark near Santa Catalina Mountains, in Pima County. It is one of the landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.

How this ranking was reached

No official visitor count is published for Mount Lemmon Ski Valley, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.

Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.

Sources

Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
Coordinates and designations: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab)
County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Official site: http://skithelemmon.com/(opens in a new tab)

Record last verified 2026-08-12.

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