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Salsa

Blue Tamarack, ID

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical606 ft
Length2,298 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesE
Top6,787 ft

Salsa drops 606 vertical feet over 2,298 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 1,810 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 70 named runs at Tamarack. It faces east.

How well Salsa holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 15°, Salsa gets about 107% of the winter sun that flat ground at Tamarack does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th sunniest named run at Tamarack. Its top sits at 6,790 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Salsa profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Salsa elsewhere

Nearby at Tamarack

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.