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Alley Oop Alley

Green Grand Targhee, WY

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical108 ft
Length718 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesSW
Top8,253 ft

Alley Oop Alley drops 108 vertical feet over 718 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 81st steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces southwest.

How well Alley Oop Alley holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 9°, Alley Oop Alley gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd sunniest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 8,250 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.

Alley Oop Alley profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Alley Oop Alley elsewhere

Nearby at Grand Targhee

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.