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Flippers

Double black Bridger Bowl, MT

Steepest pitch39°
Vertical331 ft
Length612 ft
Average pitch33°
FacesNE
Top7,747 ft

Flippers drops 331 vertical feet over 612 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 46 named runs at Bridger Bowl. It faces northeast.

How well Flippers holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 33°, Flippers gets about 36% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bridger Bowl does, December through March. That's shadier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Bridger Bowl. Its top sits at 7,750 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Flippers profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Flippers elsewhere

Nearby at Bridger Bowl

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.