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Top of the Wall

Green Hoodoo, OR

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical106 ft
Length1,095 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesNE
Top5,035 ft

Top of the Wall drops 106 vertical feet over 1,095 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 1,080 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 38 named runs at Hoodoo. It faces northeast.

How well Top of the Wall holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 6°, Top of the Wall gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hoodoo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd sunniest named run at Hoodoo. Its top sits at 5,040 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Top of the Wall profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Top of the Wall 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.