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Old Half Pipe

Blue Pomerelle, ID

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical144 ft
Length789 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top7,980 ft

Old Half Pipe drops 144 vertical feet over 789 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 650 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 33 named runs at Pomerelle. It faces northeast.

How well Old Half Pipe holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 11°, Old Half Pipe gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pomerelle does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Pomerelle. Its top sits at 7,980 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Old Half Pipe profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Old Half Pipe elsewhere

Nearby at Pomerelle

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.