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Grouse

Blue Anthony Lakes, OR

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical316 ft
Length1,315 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSE
Top7,643 ft

Grouse drops 316 vertical feet over 1,315 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 700 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 20 named runs at Anthony Lakes. It faces southeast.

How well Grouse holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 14°, Grouse gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Anthony Lakes does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Anthony Lakes. Its top sits at 7,640 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.

Grouse profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Grouse elsewhere

Nearby at Anthony Lakes

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.