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Lower Can-Can

Blue Sun Valley, ID

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical473 ft
Length1,191 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesN
Top7,084 ft

Lower Can-Can drops 473 vertical feet over 1,191 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 55th steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces north.

How well Lower Can-Can holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 24°, Lower Can-Can gets about 42% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 7,080 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.

Lower Can-Can profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Can-Can elsewhere

Nearby at Sun Valley

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.