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Upper Sundance

Blue Jackson Hole, WY

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical707 ft
Length2,016 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesSE
Top9,100 ft

Upper Sundance drops 707 vertical feet over 2,016 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 85th steepest of 126 named runs at Jackson Hole. It faces southeast.

How well Upper Sundance holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 21°, Upper Sundance gets about 133% 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 70th 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.

Upper Sundance profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper 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.