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Six Shooter

Blue Grand Targhee, WY

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical753 ft
Length2,074 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesW
Top8,867 ft

Six Shooter drops 753 vertical feet over 2,074 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 43rd steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces west.

How well Six Shooter holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing west at an average 21°, Six Shooter gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th sunniest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 8,870 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.

Six Shooter profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Six Shooter 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.