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Cats

Blue Snow King, WY

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical406 ft
Length2,056 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesN
Top6,800 ft

Cats drops 406 vertical feet over 2,056 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 1,910 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 33 named runs at Snow King. It faces north.

How well Cats holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 11°, Cats gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snow King does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd shadiest named run at Snow King. Its top sits at 6,800 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Cats profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cats elsewhere

Nearby at Snow King

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.