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Wild Willie

Blue Grand Targhee, WY

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical1,319 ft
Length3,507 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesW
Top9,804 ft

Wild Willie drops 1,319 vertical feet over 3,507 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 1,840 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces west.

How well Wild Willie holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 22°, Wild Willie gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th sunniest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 9,800 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.

Wild Willie profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wild Willie 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.