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Three Creeks

Blue Hoodoo, OR

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical239 ft
Length1,316 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSE
Top4,932 ft

Three Creeks drops 239 vertical feet over 1,316 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 800 feet below the top. That's steeper than 81% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 38 named runs at Hoodoo. It faces southeast.

How well Three Creeks holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 11°, Three Creeks gets about 121% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hoodoo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Hoodoo. Its top sits at 4,930 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.

Three Creeks profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Three Creeks elsewhere

Nearby at Hoodoo

Measured by ZRankings from USGS lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). 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.