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Palmer's Raceway

Green Grand Targhee, WY

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical314 ft
Length1,462 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesW
Top8,316 ft

Palmer's Raceway drops 314 vertical feet over 1,462 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 570 feet below the top. That's steeper than 80% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 70th steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces west.

How well Palmer's Raceway holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 12°, Palmer's Raceway gets about 107% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 49th sunniest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 8,320 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.

Palmer's Raceway profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Palmer's Raceway 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.