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Calamity

Blue Snowy Range, WY

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical215 ft
Length769 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesNE
Top9,546 ft

Calamity drops 215 vertical feet over 769 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 34 named runs at Snowy Range. It faces northeast.

How well Calamity holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 16°, Calamity gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowy Range does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Snowy Range. Its top sits at 9,550 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.

Calamity profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Calamity elsewhere

Nearby at Snowy Range

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.