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Upper Bliss

Blue Tamarack, ID

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical1,409 ft
Length5,882 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top7,640 ft

Upper Bliss drops 1,409 vertical feet over 5,882 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,980 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 70 named runs at Tamarack. It faces east.

How well Upper Bliss holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 14°, Upper Bliss gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Tamarack does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th sunniest named run at Tamarack. Its top sits at 7,640 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.

Upper Bliss profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Bliss 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.