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Happy Trails

Green Schweitzer, ID

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical514 ft
Length3,245 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesE
Top4,712 ft

Happy Trails drops 514 vertical feet over 3,245 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 2,930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 98% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 62nd steepest of 98 named runs at Schweitzer. It faces east.

How well Happy Trails holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 9°, Happy Trails gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Schweitzer does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st sunniest named run at Schweitzer. Its top sits at 4,710 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.

Happy Trails profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Happy Trails 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.