Double black Grand Targhee, WY
Otter Dog drops 442 vertical feet over 1,096 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 45° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 25°, Otter Dog gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 9,440 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.