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Bobsled

Green Grand Targhee, WY

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical243 ft
Length1,395 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesW
Top8,248 ft

Bobsled drops 243 vertical feet over 1,395 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 380 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 76th steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces west.

How well Bobsled holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 10°, Bobsled gets about 106% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 50th 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.

Bobsled profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bobsled 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.