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Flying Squirrel

Blue Snow King, WY

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical268 ft
Length854 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesN
Top7,188 ft

Flying Squirrel drops 268 vertical feet over 854 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 610 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 33 named runs at Snow King. It faces north.

How well Flying Squirrel holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 19°, Flying Squirrel gets about 53% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snow King does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Snow King. Its top sits at 7,190 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.

Flying Squirrel profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Flying Squirrel 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.