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Way Home

Blue Jackson Hole, WY

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical487 ft
Length4,049 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesSE
Top6,844 ft

Way Home drops 487 vertical feet over 4,049 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 114th steepest of 126 named runs at Jackson Hole. It faces southeast.

How well Way Home holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 7°, Way Home gets about 121% of the winter sun that flat ground at Jackson Hole does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 95th sunniest named run at Jackson Hole. Its top sits at 6,840 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.

Way Home profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Way Home 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.