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Gypsy

Blue Schweitzer, ID

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical848 ft
Length6,843 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesSE
Top6,385 ft

Gypsy drops 848 vertical feet over 6,843 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 5,980 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 86th steepest of 98 named runs at Schweitzer. It faces southeast.

How well Gypsy holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 7°, Gypsy gets about 119% of the winter sun that flat ground at Schweitzer does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th sunniest named run at Schweitzer. Its top sits at 6,380 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.

Gypsy profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gypsy elsewhere

Nearby at Schweitzer

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.