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Cowboy Couloir

Blue Jackson Hole, WY

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical212 ft
Length539 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesE
Top7,260 ft

Cowboy Couloir drops 212 vertical feet over 539 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 55th steepest of 126 named runs at Jackson Hole. It faces east.

How well Cowboy Couloir holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 24°, Cowboy Couloir gets about 114% of the winter sun that flat ground at Jackson Hole does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 111th sunniest named run at Jackson Hole. Its top sits at 7,260 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.

Cowboy Couloir profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cowboy Couloir 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.