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The Bad

Black diamond Grand Targhee, WY

Steepest pitch38°
Vertical540 ft
Length1,333 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesNW
Top9,311 ft

The Bad drops 540 vertical feet over 1,333 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces northwest.

How well The Bad holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northwest at an average 24°, The Bad gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 9,310 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.

The Bad profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Bad 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.