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Big Horn

Green Grand Targhee, WY

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical355 ft
Length1,905 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesW
Top8,328 ft

Big Horn drops 355 vertical feet over 1,905 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 1,150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 71st steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces west.

How well Big Horn holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 11°, Big Horn gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 46th sunniest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 8,330 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.

Big Horn profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Big Horn 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.