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Half Moon Bowl

Double black (off-piste) Tamarack, ID

Steepest pitch40°
Vertical1,142 ft
Length4,005 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesNE
Top7,385 ft

Half Moon Bowl drops 1,142 vertical feet over 4,005 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 70 named runs at Tamarack. It faces northeast.

How well Half Moon Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 17°, Half Moon Bowl gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Tamarack does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Tamarack. Its top sits at 7,390 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Half Moon Bowl profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Half Moon Bowl elsewhere

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.