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Wampum

Blue Grand Targhee, WY

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical501 ft
Length1,287 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesSW
Top8,392 ft

Wampum drops 501 vertical feet over 1,287 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 33rd steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces southwest.

How well Wampum holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 23°, Wampum gets about 131% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th sunniest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 8,390 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.

Wampum profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wampum 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.