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Sluice Box

Double black Bridger Bowl, MT

Steepest pitch39°
Vertical1,689 ft
Length3,784 ft
Average pitch27°
FacesSE
Top8,530 ft

Sluice Box drops 1,689 vertical feet over 3,784 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 46 named runs at Bridger Bowl. It faces southeast.

How well Sluice Box holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 27°, Sluice Box gets about 141% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bridger Bowl does, December through March. That's sunnier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Bridger Bowl. Its top sits at 8,530 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.

Sluice Box profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sluice Box 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.