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Teakettle Trail

Blue Schweitzer, ID

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical508 ft
Length3,819 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesS
Top5,703 ft

Teakettle Trail drops 508 vertical feet over 3,819 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 2,850 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 81st steepest of 98 named runs at Schweitzer. It faces south.

How well Teakettle Trail holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 8°, Teakettle Trail gets about 154% of the winter sun that flat ground at Schweitzer does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Schweitzer. Its top sits at 5,700 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.

Teakettle Trail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Teakettle Trail 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.