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Cirque

Black diamond Jackson Hole, WY

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical137 ft
Length1,433 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesSE
Top9,485 ft

Cirque drops 137 vertical feet over 1,433 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 80th steepest of 126 named runs at Jackson Hole. It faces southeast.

How well Cirque holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 6°, Cirque gets about 125% of the winter sun that flat ground at Jackson Hole does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 89th sunniest named run at Jackson Hole. Its top sits at 9,480 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.

Cirque profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cirque 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.