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Bird Woman

Blue Grand Targhee, WY

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical1,271 ft
Length4,366 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesW
Top8,874 ft

Bird Woman drops 1,271 vertical feet over 4,366 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces west.

How well Bird Woman holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 17°, Bird Woman gets about 102% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 58th sunniest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 8,870 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Bird Woman profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bird Woman 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.