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Bird In The Hand

Black diamond Jackson Hole, WY

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical538 ft
Length1,462 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesS
Top9,472 ft

Bird In The Hand drops 538 vertical feet over 1,462 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 60th steepest of 126 named runs at Jackson Hole. It faces south.

How well Bird In The Hand holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 22°, Bird In The Hand gets about 151% of the winter sun that flat ground at Jackson Hole does, December through March. That's sunnier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th sunniest named run at Jackson Hole. Its top sits at 9,470 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.

Bird In The Hand profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bird In The Hand 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.