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Grand Traverse

Blue Jackson Hole, WY

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical222 ft
Length919 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSE
Top9,256 ft

Grand Traverse drops 222 vertical feet over 919 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 800 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 98th steepest of 126 named runs at Jackson Hole. It faces southeast.

How well Grand Traverse holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 14°, Grand Traverse gets about 144% of the winter sun that flat ground at Jackson Hole does, December through March. That's sunnier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 39th sunniest named run at Jackson Hole. Its top sits at 9,260 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.

Grand Traverse profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Grand Traverse 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.