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Rainbow Ridge

Blue Lookout Pass, ID

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical982 ft
Length5,701 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesS
Top5,494 ft

Rainbow Ridge drops 982 vertical feet over 5,701 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 2,800 feet below the top. That's steeper than 23% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 49 named runs at Lookout Pass. It faces south.

How well Rainbow Ridge holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 10°, Rainbow Ridge gets about 124% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lookout Pass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Lookout Pass. Its top sits at 5,490 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.

Rainbow Ridge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Rainbow Ridge elsewhere

Nearby at Lookout Pass

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.