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Going Down

Blue Kelly Canyon, ID

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical96 ft
Length1,063 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesSW
Top6,676 ft

Going Down drops 96 vertical feet over 1,063 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 570 feet below the top. That's steeper than 4% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 47th steepest of 49 named runs at Kelly Canyon. It faces southwest.

How well Going Down holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southwest at an average 5°, Going Down gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Kelly Canyon does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Kelly Canyon. Its top sits at 6,680 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.

Going Down profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Going Down elsewhere

Nearby at Kelly Canyon

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.