Double black Jackson Hole, WY
East Ridge Traverse drops 573 vertical feet over 2,243 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 1,900 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 126 named runs at Jackson Hole. It faces south.
Facing south at an average 15°, East Ridge Traverse gets about 153% 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 19th sunniest named run at Jackson Hole. Its top sits at 10,420 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.
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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.