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Ermine

Blue Grand Targhee, WY

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical455 ft
Length3,453 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesS
Top8,307 ft

Ermine drops 455 vertical feet over 3,453 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 3,040 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 80th steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces south.

How well Ermine holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 8°, Ermine 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 35th sunniest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 8,310 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.

Ermine profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ermine 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.