Black diamond Grand Targhee, WY
Watchabe Woods drops 692 vertical feet over 3,835 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 3,630 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 11°, Watchabe Woods gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 70th sunniest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 8,290 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.