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Dicks Ditch

Black diamond Jackson Hole, WY

Steepest pitch35°
Vertical1,172 ft
Length3,454 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesSE
Top8,072 ft

Dicks Ditch drops 1,172 vertical feet over 3,454 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 46th steepest of 126 named runs at Jackson Hole. It faces southeast.

How well Dicks Ditch holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 20°, Dicks Ditch gets about 140% of the winter sun that flat ground at Jackson Hole does, December through March. That's sunnier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 47th sunniest named run at Jackson Hole. Its top sits at 8,070 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.

Dicks Ditch profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Dicks Ditch 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.