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Cirque Bowl

Black diamond Jackson Hole, WY

Steepest pitch37°
Vertical579 ft
Length1,489 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesSE
Top9,346 ft

Cirque Bowl drops 579 vertical feet over 1,489 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 20 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 126 named runs at Jackson Hole. It faces southeast.

How well Cirque Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 23°, Cirque Bowl gets about 134% of the winter sun that flat ground at Jackson Hole does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 66th sunniest named run at Jackson Hole. Its top sits at 9,350 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 Bowl profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cirque Bowl 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.