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Blacktail

Blue Jackson Hole, WY

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical490 ft
Length1,365 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesS
Top7,856 ft

Blacktail drops 490 vertical feet over 1,365 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 510 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 89th steepest of 126 named runs at Jackson Hole. It faces south.

How well Blacktail holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 21°, Blacktail gets about 154% of the winter sun that flat ground at Jackson Hole does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th sunniest named run at Jackson Hole. Its top sits at 7,860 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.

Blacktail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Blacktail 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.