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Sleeping Indian

Blue Jackson Hole, WY

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical1,056 ft
Length2,827 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesSE
Top8,489 ft

Sleeping Indian drops 1,056 vertical feet over 2,827 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 850 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 89th steepest of 126 named runs at Jackson Hole. It faces southeast.

How well Sleeping Indian holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 22°, Sleeping Indian gets about 142% 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 44th sunniest named run at Jackson Hole. Its top sits at 8,490 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.

Sleeping Indian profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sleeping Indian 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.