Blue Grand Targhee, WY
Chief Joe Bowl drops 1,476 vertical feet over 5,025 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 51st steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 17°, Chief Joe Bowl gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 71st sunniest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 9,570 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.