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Wide Open

Blue Jackson Hole, WY

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical1,352 ft
Length3,510 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesSE
Top9,016 ft

Wide Open drops 1,352 vertical feet over 3,510 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 2,660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 71st steepest of 126 named runs at Jackson Hole. It faces southeast.

How well Wide Open holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 23°, Wide Open gets about 152% of the winter sun that flat ground at Jackson Hole does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Jackson Hole. Its top sits at 9,020 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.

Wide Open profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wide Open 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.