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Upper Sawmill Gulch

Blue Bridger Bowl, MT

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical177 ft
Length927 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSE
Top6,476 ft

Upper Sawmill Gulch drops 177 vertical feet over 927 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 19% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 46 named runs at Bridger Bowl. It faces southeast.

How well Upper Sawmill Gulch holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 11°, Upper Sawmill Gulch gets about 124% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bridger Bowl does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Bridger Bowl. Its top sits at 6,480 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.

Upper Sawmill Gulch profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Sawmill Gulch 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.