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Big Horn

Black diamond Jackson Hole, WY

Steepest pitch37°
Vertical893 ft
Length1,874 ft
Average pitch29°
FacesE
Top8,097 ft

Big Horn drops 893 vertical feet over 1,874 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 1,460 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 126 named runs at Jackson Hole. It faces east.

How well Big Horn holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 29°, Big Horn gets about 124% of the winter sun that flat ground at Jackson Hole does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 90th sunniest named run at Jackson Hole. Its top sits at 8,100 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.

Big Horn profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Big Horn elsewhere

Nearby at Jackson Hole

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.