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U.P. Connection

Blue Jackson Hole, WY

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical387 ft
Length1,881 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSE
Top6,899 ft

U.P. Connection drops 387 vertical feet over 1,881 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 118th steepest of 126 named runs at Jackson Hole. It faces southeast.

How well U.P. Connection holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 12°, U.P. Connection gets about 119% of the winter sun that flat ground at Jackson Hole does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 99th sunniest named run at Jackson Hole. Its top sits at 6,900 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.

U.P. Connection profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like U.P. Connection 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.