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Nasty Gash

Black diamond Grand Targhee, WY

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical653 ft
Length1,525 ft
Average pitch26°
FacesSW
Top9,207 ft

Nasty Gash drops 653 vertical feet over 1,525 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 1,050 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces southwest.

How well Nasty Gash holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 26°, Nasty Gash gets about 136% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 9,210 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.

Nasty Gash profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Nasty Gash 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.