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Gros Ventre

Blue Jackson Hole, WY

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical2,621 ft
Length8,106 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesSE
Top9,102 ft

Gros Ventre drops 2,621 vertical feet over 8,106 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 3,520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 77th steepest of 126 named runs at Jackson Hole. It faces southeast.

How well Gros Ventre holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 19°, Gros Ventre 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 65th sunniest named run at Jackson Hole. Its top sits at 9,100 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.

Gros Ventre profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gros Ventre 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.