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Sundance

Blue Jackson Hole, WY

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical1,109 ft
Length2,804 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesSE
Top8,477 ft

Sundance drops 1,109 vertical feet over 2,804 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 620 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 Sundance holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 23°, Sundance gets about 147% of the winter sun that flat ground at Jackson Hole does, December through March. That's sunnier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th sunniest named run at Jackson Hole. Its top sits at 8,480 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.

Sundance profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sundance 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.