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Shadow Woman

Blue Grand Targhee, WY

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical624 ft
Length1,704 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesSW
Top8,240 ft

Shadow Woman drops 624 vertical feet over 1,704 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 1,250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces southwest.

How well Shadow Woman holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 22°, Shadow Woman gets about 125% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd sunniest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 8,240 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.

Shadow Woman profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Shadow Woman 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.